Report data breaches 2023
Too many organisations in the Netherlands that are hit by a cyberattack fail to warn people that their data has fallen into the wrong hands. The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) warns about this in the annual overview of data breach reports in the Netherlands.
Organisations often underestimate the risks of the attack, namely in 7 out of 10 cases. As a result, the people whose personal data has been breached cannot protect themselves against possible fraud or other crimes by cybercriminals.
In total, the AP received more than 25,000 reports of a data breach in 2023. All in all, approximately 20 million people became victims.
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