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This is the most detailed portrait yet of data breaches in Australia

But there's still a huge amount missing from the picture.

Every bubble in the chart below is a data breach that put Australians at likely risk of "serious harm".

It shows a total of 2,784 recorded breaches since the start of 2020 — covering everything from the Optus and Medibank breaches, which exposed the personal information of millions, to mistakenly sent emails only affecting a single unlucky person.

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