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Data breaches notified in 2024 up 25 percent, Australian privacy regulator says

( May 13, 2025, 00:34 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: There was a 25 percent increase in data-breach notifications in 2024 compared to 2023, Australia’s privacy regulator said. In a statement today, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said 595 data breaches were reported between July and December 2024, bringing the year’s total to 1,113, a 25 percent increase from 893 in 2023. The regulator added that this was the “highest annual total since mandatory data breach notification requirements started in 2018.” Health service providers and government agencies remained the primary targets of data breaches across all sectors.The full statement by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner follows and the 2024 July to December statistics are attached:...

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