Identity Theft Resource Center Q1 2024 Data Breach Analysis: Compromises Up 90 Percent Over Q1 2023
SAN DIEGO, April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a nationally recognized nonprofit organization established to support victims of identity crime, released its U.S. data breach findings for the first quarter of 2024. According to the Q1 2024 Data Breach Analysis, there were 841 publicly reported data compromises in the quarter, a 90 percent increase compared to Q1 2023 (442 compromises).
- The ITRC tracked 841 data compromises impacting 28,596,892 people in Q1 2024; the Center tracked 442 compromises and 100,685,535 victims in Q1 2023
SAN DIEGO, April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a nationally recognized nonprofit organization established to support victims of identity crime, released its U.S. data breach findings for the first quarter of 2024. - According to the Q1 2024 Data Breach Analysis, there were 841 publicly reported data compromises in the quarter, a 90 percent increase compared to Q1 2023 (442 compromises).
- Financial Services was the most attacked industry in Q1 (224 data breach notices), displacing Healthcare (124 data breach notices).
- Data breach notices from Financial Services tripled year-over-year (70 notices in Q1 2023 compared to 224 in Q1 2024).