"Publicly Reported Data Breaches Down 52%, Exposed Records Way Up!"

Researchers at Risk Based Security have discovered that the number of publicly reported data breaches is at its lowest in five years.  However, the number of records exposed is more than four times higher than any previously reported time period.  The researchers found that misconfigured databases and services have been the key drivers behind the growing number of records exposed. In the second quarter of 2020, two breaches alone were responsible for more than 18 billion of the 27 billion records put at risk.   

Help Net Security reports: "Publicly Reported Data Breaches Down 52%, Exposed Records Way Up!"