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Cybersecurity reports and statistics published by Identity Theft Resource Center

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Recent Statistics & Reports

4 percent of individuals who self-identified as victims responded to an online survey in August 2025.

67.8 percent of self-identified victims reported seriously considering self-harm as a way of dealing with identity theft, fraud, or scams in 2025.

25 percent of general consumers reported seriously considering self-harm as a way of dealing with identity theft, fraud, or scams in 2025.

14.4 percent of ITRC victims reported seriously considering self-harm as a way of dealing with identity theft, fraud, or scams in 2025, which is a more than two percentage point increase from 2024.

From August 2024 to July 2025, the ITRC responded to requests for direct assistance from 4,122 individuals seeking help with identity theft, fraud, and scams.

More than 20 percent of ITRC victims reported losses exceeding $100,000 in 2025.

36.9 percent of self-identified victims in the general population reported losses exceeding $10,000 in 2025.

31.5 percent of general population victims reported being victimized twice within the past year in 2025.

24.6 percent of general population victims reported being victimized three times within the past year in 2025.

19.6 percent of self-identified victims in the general population reported losses under $500 in 2025.

More than 10 percent of ITRC victims reported losses of at least $1 million in 2025.

1,033 general consumers completed a survey regarding identity crimes.

15.2 percent of ITRC victims reported being victimized four or more times in 2025.

About 0.5% of all security breaches in the first half of 2025 were supply‑chain incidents, but these incidents generated nearly half of all breach notifications, affecting almost 700 companies.

69% of 2025's breach notices did not include an attack vector. This is an increase from 65% for the full year 2024.

1,732 data compromises were reported in the first half of 2025. This is about 5% ahead of H1 2024 in terms of compromises. It is also more reported compromises than at the halfway point in 2023, which was the previous high-water mark for data compromises.

78% of compromises reported in the first half of 2025 were true data breaches. These accounted for 69% of the breach notices issued in the first half of 2025.

H1 2025 compromises resulted in a little more than 165.7 million breach notices.

The number of victim notices through June 2025 is only 12% of the total for 2024. This is because there haven't been the same level of mega-breaches affecting hundreds of millions of people as seen last year.

For attempted misuse, thieves tried to open a new account (69%) more often than attempting to take over an existing account (31%).

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