More than 3,800 data breaches were reported from January through June 30, exposing over 4.1 billion records, according to the 2019 MidYear Data Breach Quickview Report. 

Compared to midyear of 2018, the number of reported breaches was up 54 percent and the number of exposed records was up 52 percent. Of the breached organizations that could be definitively classified, the Business sector accounted for 67 percent of reported breaches, followed by Medical (14 percent), Government (12 percent) and Education (7 percent). This continues the trend observed in the Q1 2019 report.