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In 2023, 1.12 billion personal data were leaked online, which is almost 60% higher than the 2022 figure, according to a study by InfoWatch. A total of 95 large databases were leaked from Russian companies

The volume of leaked personal data in 2023 amounted to 1.12 billion records, which is almost 60% higher than the level of 2022 (then 702 million records were compromised), according to a study by the expert and analytical center of InfoWatch Group (available to RBC).

"If we talk about the number bangladesh whatsapp number database of incidents, in 2023 it decreased by 15% and amounted to 656 episodes. However, this slight decrease was more than compensated by the growing damage that organizations receive from effective leaks," said Andrey Arsenyev, head of analytics and special projects at the expert and analytical center of InfoWatch Group. According to him, the average amount of personal data leaked in one incident almost doubled in 2023, from 0.9 million to 1.7 million records.

In total, 95 large databases were leaked from Russian companies during the reporting period, which is 28% more than in 2022. More than 80% of information leaks occurred as a result of cyberattacks, the study says. Every tenth is directly related to the actions of personnel, but this figure has decreased by 45%. At the same time, according to a survey by InfoWatch, 35% of company representatives consider such leaks to be the most pressing threats.

At the same time, the InfoWatch study concluded that the true scale of the damage may be significantly underestimated, since in more than 35% of leaks the volume of stolen data remained unknown.

personal data storage facilities against the backdrop of accelerated digitalization of the economy. Currently, the main targets for cyberattacks are social services, telecom operators, marketplaces and other similar platforms; federal resources may be added to them in the near future, Arsenyev believes.

"Since 2022, Russian infrastructure has been regularly attacked by hacktivists - criminals who are not driven by greed, but by the desire to compromise as much data as possible for political reasons. Against the backdrop of a special military operation, the number of such attacks is constantly growing. And small companies are becoming the most vulnerable link here: small and medium-sized businesses have significantly more modest resources for maintaining information security than large players," the expert explained.

Thus, analysts recorded a significant increase in the share of individual entrepreneurs and small businesses (up to 50 employees) in the leak structure from 18.5 to 34.1% due to a uniform decrease in the shares of large and medium-sized market players (from 54.3 to 47.3% and from 27.2 to 18.6%, respectively). In the industry distribution, the share of banks increased from 7.5 to 10% over the year; the share of companies in the IT and information security sector decreased from 27.1 to 18.8%, and trade organizations — from 19.6 to 16.6%.

InfoWatch noted a 3.6-fold increase in the share of leaks of state secrets in 2023, from 1.8 to 6.6%; of which 73.6% of information related to personal data. According to the study, the total volume of information leaked from government agencies increased to 19.2%, which is 5.3 percentage points more than in 2022.

According to a survey by InfoWatch Group, in response to the worsening situation with confidential information leaks in 2023, 59% of organizations trained employees in the basics of information security and hygiene, 27% implemented intrusion protection systems, and another 17% installed DLP systems (a software product for preventing leaks of confidential data in a corporate networ