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Source: Norwegian Data Protection Authority / Datatilsynet, Datatilsynets årsrapport for 2024, 2024

Scope: Official Norwegian Data Protection Authority / Datatilsynet 2024 Annual Report context. All values describe breach notifications and related activity at Datatilsynet in 2024. Breach notifications (3,191) refer to personal data security breach notifications received by Datatilsynet only. Average monthly figure (266) is the monthly average of the same notifications. The 13% increase refers to year-on-year change in breach notifications received by Datatilsynet from 2023 to 2024. The "approximately 39%" increase in intentional attacks is an approximate figure and is displayed with its qualifier preserved. None of these values may be presented as total Norway cyberattack counts, national cybercrime totals, successful compromise counts, all Norwegian organisations affected, private-sector cyberattack prevalence, or all national cyber incidents.

Methodology: Official Norwegian Datatilsynet 2024 personal-data-security breach-notification context. The admitted indicators describe: personal data security breach notifications (3,191); average monthly breach notifications (266); year-on-year increase from 2023 (13%); and approximate increase in intentional attacks including hacking and phishing ("approximately 39%", stored as string to preserve qualifier). These values must not be presented as total Norway cyberattack counts, national cybercrime totals, successful compromise counts, all Norwegian organisations affected, private-sector cyberattack prevalence, or all national cyber incidents.