Canada is one of the most data breached countries in the world with more than 800,000 accounts leaked in 2025, report reveals (www.simcoe.com)

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[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 days ago

Title makes it sound really bad but we are #8 while USA and Russia take the #1 and #2 slots...

Top 10 most breached countries in Q1

U.S. (16.9 million)
Russia (4.4M)
India (4.2M)
Germany (3.9M)
Spain (2.4M)
The UK (2.2M)
France (2.1M)
Canada (0.89M)
Argentina (0.79M)
South Sudan (0.73M)

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

What does this list look like when adjusted per capita?

For the US, this is 4% of people, for Canada, this is 2% of people.

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

Should really be adjusting that by population.

[-] moroni@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago

Take table below with a grain of salt. It is AI generated:


Country	Breaches (millions)	Population (millions)	Breaches per 1,000 people
South Sudan	0.73	11	66.4
U.S.	16.9	335	50.4
Spain	2.4	48	50.0
Germany	3.9	84	46.4
Canada	0.89	39	22.8
UK	2.2	67	32.8
France	2.1	65	32.3
Russia	4.4	144	30.6
Argentina	0.79	46	17.2
India	4.2	1,435	2.9

[-] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

American here, I knew we weren't the worst!

[-] toastmeister@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Use Bitwarden with a randomly generated password, its free. Also use two factor authentication obviously, and a separate email that is only for your finances.

[-] asg101@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago

There doesn't seem to be any actual legal repercussions for companies that fail to protect customer/patient data in Canada.

[-] Burghler@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago

I have a buddy working security in IBM. He says the same thing. It's not about security but rather how much money is gained/lost from being secure enough. Even when shit hits the fan, the fees imposed on them are less than the cost to pay employees to implement a solution to stop it from ever happening. So they don't get tasked to prevent it. Just deal with it when it happens.