Year-over-year results indicate a fast start to data breaches in 2022 after a record-setting 2021, as more than 90% of data breaches are cyberattack-related, the Identity Theft Resource Center found.
For the third consecutive year, data breaches increased when compared to Q1 of the previous year. Despite the data breach increase, the number of victims (20.7 million) decreased 50% compared to Q1 2021 and dropped 41% compared to Q4 2021.