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Report: 1.9b Records Lost in First Half of 2017, topping 2016

ID: 6383355a-8f04-5eff-8ef2-9024745fdcc6

STIX ID: report--6383355a-8f04-5eff-8ef2-9024745fdcc6

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
85/100

Date Published: 2017-09-20

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Paul Roberts

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Gemalto’s Breach Level Index report for H1 2017 found 918 public data breaches resulting in about 1.9 billion compromised records (driven largely by 22 mega-breaches), with 59% of breaches lacking exact record counts; major impacts were observed across education, healthcare (including the U.K. NHS), financial services and entertainment, and insider and external attacks both contributed to the total loss.

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