There have been some significant data breaches in 2015, and with two months still to go there may yet be more to come, but so far the numbers of people and businesses affected haven't approached the scale of last year's attacks.
The Top Ten Reviews comparison service has been looking back at the major breaches that marked 2014.
In terms of numbers last May's eBay breach affecting around 145 million people, plus breaches at JPMorgan Chase, affecting 76 million, and Home Depot, affecting 56 million, make 2015's biggest breaches like the Office of Personnel Management attack affecting around 21 million and even the 80 million records exposed by Anthem Health Care look pretty small.
The cost is significant too, with the Home Depot breach alone estimated to have cost $62 million and the total cost of the eBay and JPMorgan Chase attacks still to be revealed. The average cost of a data breach last year is put at $3.5 million and the total cost to the US economy at $525 million.
You can see more details of 2014's security breaches on the Top Ten Reviews site or in the infographic below.
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