Biggest data breaches global in 2024

In 2024, numerous data breach incidents were disclosed, causing uncertainty among customers. Some of the incidents have refused to disclose the exact number of individuals impacted, so the impact in these cases is only estimated. The largest data breach is believed to have impacted every American, with around three billion records being breached. A UK-based pathology lab, Synnovis, saw a ransomware attack in July 2024, which impacted approximately 300 million patients.

于2024年，众多数据泄露事件被公之于众，导致客户群体中弥漫着不确定性。其中一些事件拒绝透露受影响的具体人数，因此在这些案例中，影响范围仅能进行估算。据信，最大的数据泄露事件波及了每一位美国公民，涉及约三十亿条记录。一家位于英国的病理实验室Synnovis在2024年7月遭遇了勒索软件攻击，影响了大约三亿名患者。