From revealing weak student privacy protections to providing in-depth information about data breaches impacting consumers—we look for gaps in privacy protections and dive deep to surface them.
Our May 2025 analysis of data breach notifications reveals another active month in the ongoing challenge of protecting consumer data. We documented 75 distinct breach incidents between May 7 and June 6, affecting 992,863 people across various sectors.
Our May 2025 update—the fifth this year—brings our complete data through May along with this focused analysis of Q1 breach statistics. The first quarter saw 876 new breach notifications representing 658 distinct security incidents that impacted over 32 million people.