ShareOver 3.2 million British user accounts have been compromised in data breaches during the first half of 2025, according to a new study by cybersecurity firm Surfshark. While there was a notable 58% decrease in leaked accounts in the second quarter compared to the first, the figures remain alarmingly high, with approximately seven British accounts being breached every minute in Q2 alone. Globally, data breaches saw a significant 34% increase, rising from 70 million to 94 million leaked accounts in the second quarter of 2025. The UK ranked seventh globally in Q2 with 944,000 breached accounts, a reduction from the 2.3 million seen in Q1. This means, statistically, an average British individual has been impacted by data breaches around five times.