One user accounts were leaked in Romania every minute over Q1 2025

Surfshark’s global data breach analysis shows Romania as the 45th most affected country in Q1 2025, with 92.9K breached accounts. Globally, the latest data shows a 93% drop from 973.7 million to 68.3 million leaked accounts. The United States, Russia, India, Germany, and Spain were the countries most affected by breaches in Q1 2025.

“In Q1 2025, the number of leaked accounts dropped dramatically, following the alarming surge in breaches seen in 2024, particularly in Q3 and Q4. Unlike the previous year, which saw compromised data reach record levels, Q1 2025 experienced a sharp decrease in exposed accounts,” says Luís Costa, Research Lead at Surfshark.

“Although the number of vulnerable accounts in all major regions decreased in Q1 2025 compared to the previous quarter, people should remain vigilant. Cyberthreats continue to evolve and attackers are constantly adapting their tactics. To protect personal and organizational data, it is essential to follow strong security practices, regularly update passwords, enable 2FA, and stay informed about potential risks,” adds L. Costa.

The latest study by cybersecurity company Surfshark ranks Romania as the 45th most breached country in Q1 2025, with 92.9k leaked accounts. Globally, 68.3 million accounts were breached, with the US ranking first and accounting for 25% of all breaches from January through March. Russia takes second place, while India is third, followed by Germany and Spain.

Surfshark’s analysis of data breaches since 2004 shows:

• Romania is the 6th in Eastern Europe, with 36.3M compromised user accounts.
• A total of 10M unique emails were breached from Romania.
• 24.6M passwords were leaked together with Romanian accounts, putting 68% of breached users in danger of account takeover that might lead to identity theft, extortion or other cybercrimes.
• Statistically, an average Romanian has been affected by data breaches around 2 times, one of the highest rates in Eastern Europe (9th).

Since 2004, Romania has exposed 101.8M personal records. On average, each email breaches with 2.8 additional data points.

The number of global breaches is declining. In 2024’Q4, 7513 accounts were being breached every minute. In 2025’Q1, however, breach rates are 93% lower, with 527 accounts being leaked every 60 seconds. Although the numbers remain prominent, the trend is evident in Romania too. Breach rate is 54% lower in 2025’Q1 than it was in 2024’Q4, falling from 1.559321 to 0.71659 breached accounts per minute.

In descending order, the ten most breached countries in Q1 2025 were the US (16.9M), Russia (4.4M), India (4.2M), Germany (3.9M), Spain (2.4M), the UK (2.2M), France (2.1M), Canada (886.9k), Argentina (787.8k), and South Sudan (733.3k).

The countries with the highest breach density over Q1 2025 (number of leaked accounts per 1,000 residents): South Sudan (61), Spain (51), the US (49), Germany (46), Slovenia (45), Israel (37), the UK (32), France (32), Russia (30) and Norway (25).