A significant increase in GUERNSEY DATA breaches in Q1 2025
04/05/2025
Guernsey’s Office of the Data Protection Authority (ODPA) has released the latest personal data breach statistics for Q1 2025.
Every quarter, the ODPA shares insights from recent breach data to improve breach preparedness for public, private, and third-sector organisations.
From 1 January to 31 March 2025,
- 49 self-reported personal data breaches occurred, an almost 50% increase over the previous quarter.
- These breaches affected 1,258 people, down from the previous quarterly figure of 4,914.
- However, more people (732, up from 187) were affected by ‘high risk’ breaches.
In essence, a significant increase in breaches was reported in this quarter, with a greater proportion representing high risks to affected individuals.
Case study:
During Q1, the ODPA received notification of a personal data breach in which an organisation was made aware that a cybercriminal had compromised a client’s e-mail account.
Despite the client providing a new email address to be used, the organisation continued sending private correspondence to the hacked account.
Considering this breach, the ODPA urges organisations to ensure employees know and follow security procedures for compromised accounts. Where contact information is known to be outdated or compromised, swift steps must be taken to update such information across all databases.
This was particularly important in this case, given the known risk of information being sent to a cyber-criminal with malicious intent.
SOURCE
https://channeleye.media/significant-increase-in-data-protection-breaches-reported-in-guernsey/
https://www.odpa.gg/news/news-article/?id=5a5c5ab5-f924-f011-8c4e-000d3a2042af
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