Since 2004, more than 14.9 billion data breach events have occurred, according to Surfshark. This total is likely higher, as 31.5% of all breached email accounts didn't contain country of residence information for the victim.
The virtual private network (VPN) provider reported that a single email account is breached on average of three times. Surfshark reported that each leaked email address is accompanied by 2.3 additional data points.
During the studied timeframe, the U.S. saw the most breached accounts, accounting for 15.4% of all breached email addresses globally since 2004, according to Surfshark.
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Steve Hallo
Steve Hallo is managing editor of PropertyCasualty360.com. He can be reached at [email protected]
