Helpnet security just released an article where they claim that since July there has been 320 breaches. Seems like an exorbitant number but is probably falling short.

Although we read on a daily basis about these events we also know that not all data breach incidents are reported or who knows if even discovered.

More comprehensive stats are available are at DatalossDb where they are reporting that so far in 2014 there has been 831 incidents. The same site reported 1472 incidents for 2013. When we compare 2014 against 2013 it seem that 2014 has been better but it feels otherwise.

My take on this is that this year the press has been paying more attention to these type of news and the public is now more concerned about their credit cards.