Cybernews’ latest overview of the first half of 2025 reveals that the total number of breached accounts fell by 20 times compared to the same period in 2024, according to Cybernews’ Personal Data Leak Checker tool.
However, while breaches have dropped significantly compared to last year, several countries remain highly vulnerable as millions of accounts remain exposed. The top three countries with the highest number of breaches in 2025 are the US, with 2.5 million breached accounts, France, with 1.8 million breached accounts, and India, with 1.2 million breached accounts.
This report offers key insights into global data breach trends in the first half of 2025, highlighting that unsafe online practices such as subscriptions to suspicious websites and weak password reuse remain the leading causes of breaches.
Key findings of this research:
The first six months of 2025 recorded 15.8 million breached accounts globally.
The top five countries most breached worldwide in the first six months of 2025 are the US, France, India, Russia, and Venezuela.
January has the highest number of breached accounts in 2025 so far.
Countries experienced a spike in breach numbers in March, making it the second most breached month in the first six months of 2025.
The second quarter of 2025 saw a 77 per cent dip in breached accounts.
Despite a 20-fold drop compared to 2024, breach density per capita shows the US remains the most affected nation, with 8 in every 1,000 internet users impacted.
