The statistic has been compiled from several reports by the source.
According to the source, the latest study was based on the research of 600 organizations in 17 industries in 16 countries and regions impacted by data breaches between March 2024 and February 2025. The breaches ranged from 2,960 to 113,620 compromised records. In total, 3,470 security and C-suite business leaders with firsthand knowledge of the data breach incidents were interviewed.
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Average cost per industrial data breach worldwide 2019-2025
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