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Verified breach-notification context · Malta / IDPC 2024

Malta IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification context

Market context — not industry-specific evidence

Malta IDPC 2024 context (IDPC Annual Report & Financial Statements 2024) states that 105 total personal data breaches were reported to the IDPC in 2024, of which 61 were categorised as cyber-attacks including phishing and ransomware, and 21 incidents were reported by controllers in the education sector. These figures are official IDPC breach-notification and regulatory context and must not be read as total national cyberattacks, cybercrime totals, confirmed compromise counts, or all-organisation prevalence figures.

Malta · IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification and regulatory context2024 reporting period · Published 2025

Total personal data breaches reported to the IDPC — Malta 2024

Total personal data breaches reported to the IDPC in 2024
105
Unit
personal data breaches reported to the IDPC in 2024
Source
Information and Data Protection Commissioner Malta (IDPC), IDPC Annual Report & Financial Statements 2024, 2025
Period
Malta IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification and regulatory context: total personal data breaches reported, cyberattack-related breaches including phishing and ransomware, and education-sector breach reports.
Scope
Malta IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification context

IDPC breach-notification context. Scoped to IDPC breach notifications only.

Malta figures are official IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification context. They describe reported personal data breaches, cyberattack-related breaches including phishing and ransomware, and education-sector breach reports, and should not be read as total national cyberattacks, cybercrime totals, confirmed compromise counts, or all-organisation prevalence figures.

Cyber-attack-related breaches (including phishing and ransomware) — Malta IDPC 2024

Personal data breaches categorised as cyber-attacks (including phishing and ransomware) reported to the IDPC in 2024
61
Unit
cyber-attack-related personal data breaches (including phishing and ransomware) reported to the IDPC in 2024
Source
Information and Data Protection Commissioner Malta (IDPC), IDPC Annual Report & Financial Statements 2024, 2025
Period
Malta IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification and regulatory context: total personal data breaches reported, cyberattack-related breaches including phishing and ransomware, and education-sector breach reports.
Scope
Malta IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification context

IDPC breach-notification context. Scoped to the cyber-attack category within IDPC-reported breaches only. Must not be presented as total cyberattacks against Malta or confirmed successful attacks.

Malta figures are official IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification context. They describe reported personal data breaches, cyberattack-related breaches including phishing and ransomware, and education-sector breach reports, and should not be read as total national cyberattacks, cybercrime totals, confirmed compromise counts, or all-organisation prevalence figures.

Breach incidents reported by education-sector controllers — Malta IDPC 2024

Personal data breach incidents reported by education-sector controllers to the IDPC in 2024
21
Unit
personal data breach incidents reported by education-sector controllers to the IDPC in 2024
Source
Information and Data Protection Commissioner Malta (IDPC), IDPC Annual Report & Financial Statements 2024, 2025
Period
Malta IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification and regulatory context: total personal data breaches reported, cyberattack-related breaches including phishing and ransomware, and education-sector breach reports.
Scope
Malta IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification context

IDPC breach-notification context. Scoped to education-sector data controllers reporting to the IDPC in 2024 only. This is source context — no sector-level industry applicability mapping is created.

Malta figures are official IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification context. They describe reported personal data breaches, cyberattack-related breaches including phishing and ransomware, and education-sector breach reports, and should not be read as total national cyberattacks, cybercrime totals, confirmed compromise counts, or all-organisation prevalence figures.

Source: Information and Data Protection Commissioner Malta (IDPC), IDPC Annual Report & Financial Statements 2024, 2025

Scope: Official Information and Data Protection Commissioner Malta (IDPC) annual report context published 2025. All values describe personal data breach notifications received by the IDPC. The 105 total figure refers to all personal data breaches reported to the IDPC in 2024. The 61 cyberattack-related figure refers to breaches categorised as cyber-attacks (including phishing and ransomware) within those IDPC reports only. The 21 education-sector figure refers to breach incidents reported by education-sector data controllers only. None of these values may be presented as total Malta cyberattack counts, national cyber incident registry totals, confirmed breach impact counts, successful compromise counts, cybercrime totals, private-sector prevalence, or all Maltese organisations affected.

Methodology: Official Malta IDPC personal-data-breach notification and regulatory context published 2025. The admitted indicators describe: total personal data breaches reported (105); cyber-attacks including phishing and ransomware as a category within those breaches (61); and incidents reported by controllers in the education sector (21). These values must not be presented as total Malta cyberattack counts, national cyber incident registry totals, confirmed breach impact counts, successful compromise counts, cybercrime totals, private-sector prevalence, or all Maltese organisations affected.

Accessible data table
Verified Malta IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification context data from Information and Data Protection Commissioner Malta (IDPC), IDPC Annual Report & Financial Statements 2024, 2025, reporting period Malta IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification and regulatory context: total personal data breaches reported, cyberattack-related breaches including phishing and ransomware, and education-sector breach reports..
MetricValueSourceScopeReporting period
Total personal data breaches reported to the IDPC in 2024105 personal data breaches reported to the IDPC in 2024Information and Data Protection Commissioner Malta (IDPC), IDPC Annual Report & Financial Statements 2024, 2025Malta IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification contextMalta IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification and regulatory context: total personal data breaches reported, cyberattack-related breaches including phishing and ransomware, and education-sector breach reports.
Personal data breaches categorised as cyber-attacks (including phishing and ransomware) reported to the IDPC in 202461 cyber-attack-related personal data breaches (including phishing and ransomware) reported to the IDPC in 2024Information and Data Protection Commissioner Malta (IDPC), IDPC Annual Report & Financial Statements 2024, 2025Malta IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification contextMalta IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification and regulatory context: total personal data breaches reported, cyberattack-related breaches including phishing and ransomware, and education-sector breach reports.
Personal data breach incidents reported by education-sector controllers to the IDPC in 202421 personal data breach incidents reported by education-sector controllers to the IDPC in 2024Information and Data Protection Commissioner Malta (IDPC), IDPC Annual Report & Financial Statements 2024, 2025Malta IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification contextMalta IDPC 2024 personal-data-breach notification and regulatory context: total personal data breaches reported, cyberattack-related breaches including phishing and ransomware, and education-sector breach reports.

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Industry themes

  • Account Takeover
  • Data Breaches
  • Payment Fraud

Digital surfaces in scope

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Market and sector context

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Exposure map

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Priority register

We separate urgent risks, important improvements and lower-priority findings so the next action is clear.

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