Q3, 2023 Sees 76% Fall in Data Breaches

US tops the list of countries most targeted by cybercriminals with 8.1 million breached accounts in Q3, 2023, followed by Russia, France, China, and Mexico. Despite a global decrease in data breaches, Q3 saw a surge in breached healthcare records by 53.47% from the previous quarter, reaching an alarming 45.8 million, according to Surfshark’s Data Breach Statistics and HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Breach reports.