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Ellen Jennings-Trace

SMBs most at risk of data breaches - billions of records compromised so far, here's how to stay safe

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  • New Proton research finds 71% of data breaches affect firms with under 250 employees
  • Findings come from its new Proton Data Breach Observatory
  • Hundreds of billions of compiled records have already been impacted so far in 2025

New research from Proton has identified almost 800 verified data breaches in 2025 so far, leading to over 300 million individual records being exposed.

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