Employee Data Protection Breaches Highest Since 2019

Analysis of reports to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) by Nockolds' has found that data protection breaches involving employee data has reached its highest level since 2019. Moreover, there was a 40.76% increase in such breaches during 2023, with reports to the ICO increasing from 2,279 in 2022 to 3,208 in 2023. Furthermore, ransomware attacks rose from 352 in 2022 to 554 in 2023, an increase of 57.39%.