India ranks 2nd in total number of data breaches exposed in 2022: Report

Around 2.29 billion records were exposed worldwide in data breach incidents in 2022, with India accounting for 20 per cent of the total, taking it to the second position, a new report revealed on Wednesday.

About 1,335 breach data incidents were publicly disclosed between November 2021 and October 2022. Of the 1,335 breaches analysed globally, 143 breaches occurred in Asia Pacific and Japan, resulting in a whopping 68 per cent of total records exposed globally, according to the report by Exposure Management Company Tenable.

In comparison, organisations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa accounted for a combined 31 per cent of records exposed.