Which states have the most data breaches? Data breaches by US state

guest · Jun 20, 2019

Which states have the most data breaches? Data breaches by US state
June 20, 2019
https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/data-breaches-by-state/

Data breaches are common in headlines these days, but they are not equally spread out in terms of location. Data breaches occur far more often in some US states than others, and the number of records lost or stolen varies as well.

Comparitech analyzed data on the last 10 years worth of data breaches to find which US states suffer the most. We looked at both the number of data breaches and the number of records exposed.
Here are our key findings:

California suffered the most data breaches and also had the most records exposed: 1,493 breaches since 2008, affecting nearly 5.6 billion records in total.

That’s twice as many breaches as the runner up, New York, followed by Texas, Florida, and Georgia.

South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, West Virginia, and Hawaii suffered the fewest data breaches, each of them having had under 30 in total over the entire decade. [...]

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Our data:
Data breaches by US state figures can be found in [this spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...edKj9gM_MLCNd4fqVimhsu6AUs/edit#gid=856445414).
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guest · Aug 5, 2020

Researchers Name State with Fewest Data Breaches
August 5, 2020
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/researchers-name-state-with-fewest/

North Dakota has suffered fewer data breaches than any other American state over the past 15 years.

Analysis of data breaches that have occurred in the United States since 2005 revealed California to be the state hit by the highest number of breaches. The Sunshine State was also found to have exposed the largest number of records, with 5.6 billion records compromised in 1,777 breaches.
At the lowest end of the results table, the Peace Garden State suffered just 19 data breaches over the same period, exposing a total of 440,698 records.
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Which states have the most data breaches? Data breaches by US state June 20, 2019
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Updated (August 5, 2020):

Comparitech analyzed the number of data breaches from 2005 to present to find out which US states suffer the most. We looked at both the number of data breaches and the number of records exposed.
Here are our key findings:

California suffered the most data breaches and also had the most records exposed: 1,777 breaches since 2005, affecting nearly 5.6 billion records in total.

That’s over twice as many breaches as the runner up, New York (863), which is followed by Texas (819), Florida (638), and Illinois (533).

2017 set a record for the most US data breaches: 1,683 in total.

2016 takes the top spot for number of records exposed: 4.6 billion. [...]

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Our data:
Data breaches by US state figures can be found in this spreadsheet.
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