All-time biggest financial data breaches worldwide 2024

Between 2008 and 2024, the most significant data breach in the financial industry worldwide was detected in 2019 in the United States at the First American Financial Corporation. This data breach caused the leakage of 885 million financial and personal records. The financial industry is one of the most targeted sectors by cyberattacks that lead to data breaches. However, cyber-attacks are not the only reason for a data breach. Sometimes data compromise occurs due to other reasons, such as system errors.

自2008年至2024年间，全球金融行业最为严重的数据泄露事件于2019年发生在美国，由第一美国金融公司（First American Financial Corporation）所遭遇。此次数据泄露导致8.85亿份金融及个人记录泄露。金融行业是网络攻击导致数据泄露的主要目标领域之一。然而，网络攻击并非数据泄露的唯一成因。有时，数据泄露可能源于其他因素，例如系统错误。