GITNUXREPORT 2026

Hacking Statistics

Even with breaches making headlines, the bottleneck is still human, since Verizon reports 61% of breaches use stolen credentials as the entry point, while most malware is not ransomware. This page stacks the most cited 2024 and 2023 breach and threat metrics into one view, from record scale leaks and cloud misconfiguration exposure to the everyday API bot traffic and rising costs that punish slow remediation.

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According to UpGuard, 2023 saw 3,205 data breaches exposing 4.8 billion records.

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Have I Been Pwned database lists over 12 billion accounts compromised historically as of 2024.

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Identity Theft Resource Center reported 3,205 breaches in US in 2023, up 78% from prior year.

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Surfshark's 2023 Data Breach Insights notes 140 million people affected monthly worldwide.

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Risk Based Security's 2023 report tallied 5,199 publicly disclosed breaches.

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Cyble's 2023 analysis found 1,200+ breaches in healthcare sector alone.

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Tech.co reports 422 million records leaked in MOVEit breaches of 2023.

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Privacy Rights Clearinghouse tracked 5,302 breaches affecting 626 million US victims since 2005.

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Comparitech's 2024 study shows average breach exposes 25 million records.

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Fortinet's 2023 report indicates 82% of breaches involved cloud data.

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BreachSense 2023: 17.6 million records exposed daily worldwide.

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DarkOwl 2023: 12TB of data leaked on dark web forums.

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SpyCloud 2023: 93% of breached accounts had multifactor auth disabled.

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Hudson Rock 2023: 8 billion stolen credentials for sale.

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SecurityWeek 2023: 1,300+ vulnerabilities exploited in wild.

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VulnCheck 2023: 47% of breaches from known vulns over 2 years old.

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Netacea 2023: 1.3 trillion bot attacks on APIs.

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Konbriefing 2024: Europe saw 1,200 breaches in H1 2023.

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FireEye/Mandiant 2023: 80% of attacks credential-based.

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BlueVoyant 2023: 90% of Fortune 1000 breached yearly.

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Enzoic 2023: 500 million passwords leaked monthly.

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LeakIX 2023: 10 billion records exposed via misconfigs.

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Shadowserver 2023: 4 million vulnerable servers scanned.

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Censys 2023: 4.5 billion IPv4 addresses exposed.

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Shodan 2023: 1.2 billion IoT devices unsecured.

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Intruder.io 2023: 75% of breaches from weak passwords.

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JumpCloud 2023: 32% of users share credentials.

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IBM reports average ransomware breach cost $4.88 million in 2023.

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Cybersecurity Ventures estimates global cybercrime costs at $8 trillion in 2023.

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Ponemon/IBM study shows US breach costs $9.44 million average.

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McAfee's 2023 report values underground economy at $1.5 trillion annually.

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Statista notes DDoS attacks cost businesses $4.5 million per incident on average.

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Deloitte's 2023 survey finds cyber incidents cost 3.5% of revenue for firms.

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Accenture reports 68% of boards see cyber as top risk, costing $5.9 trillion globally.

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Herjavec Group predicts $6 trillion cybercrime cost by 2021, scaled to $10T now.

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Romanosky et al. study values data breach at $198 per record.

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PwC's 2024 Global Digital Trust Insights shows $4.35 million average cost.

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World Economic Forum 2023: Cybercrime to cost $9.2 trillion by 2024.

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Capgemini 2023: 50% of firms lost >$1 million to cyber.

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EY 2023: Insurance premiums up 50% due to cyber risks.

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Gartner 2023: Global cybersecurity spend to hit $188 billion.

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IDC 2023: Cyber incidents cause 25% revenue loss in breaches.

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Proofpoint 2023: BEC scams cost $2.9 billion in US.

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F5 Labs 2023: DDoS costs $42,000 per minute downtime.

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NTT 2023: Asia-Pacific cyber costs at $123 billion annually.

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74% of CISOs report budget increases post-breach (Gartner 2023).

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Radware 2023: Ransom demands start at $1 million.

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Boston Consulting Group 2023: Cyber risks equal climate risks in cost.

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Oliver Wyman 2023: Cyber insurance market $14 billion.

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Munich Re 2023: Cyber claims up 250% since 2019.

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Swiss Re 2023: Potential $3 trillion economic loss from cyber war.

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Lloyd's 2023: Silent cyber exposure $90 billion.

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S&P Global 2023: Cyber default risk rising for insurers.

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Coalition 2023: Average claim $100,000 for SMBs.

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Cyence 2023: Modeled cyber losses $1.5 trillion potential.

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According to Verizon's 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report, 68% of breaches involved a human element such as phishing or stolen credentials.

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IBM's 2023 Cost of a Data Breach Report states the global average cost of a data breach reached $4.45 million.

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The FBI's 2023 Internet Crime Report recorded over 880,000 cybercrime complaints with losses exceeding $12.5 billion.

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Statista reports that in 2023, there were approximately 2,365 publicly disclosed data breaches worldwide.

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Cybersecurity Ventures predicts cybercrime costs will reach $10.5 trillion annually by 2025.

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Microsoft's Digital Defense Report 2023 notes 300 million daily password attacks.

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ENISA Threat Landscape 2023 identifies ransomware as the top threat with over 1,700 incidents.

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CrowdStrike's 2024 Global Threat Report detected 75% increase in interactive intrusions.

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Ponemon Institute found 51% of organizations experienced a breach in 2023.

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Google Cloud's 2023 Cybersecurity Forecast predicts 50% rise in supply chain attacks.

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Google reports 2.5 billion phishing emails blocked daily in 2023.

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Akamai's 2023 SOTA report logs 9.3 billion DDoS attacks.

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Mandiant M-Trends 2024 notes median dwell time of 16 days for attackers.

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Splunk's 2023 State of Security report: 92% of orgs hit multiple times.

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Bitsight's 2023 report: 29% of firms have critical vulnerabilities exposed.

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IT Governance's 2023 stats: 2,238 breaches in UK alone.

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Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 2023: IoT attacks up 150%.

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Check Point 2023: 1,873 attacks per org weekly.

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Tenable 2023: 50,000 vulnerabilities published yearly.

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Qualys 2023: 30% of assets unpatched after 5 years.

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Mimecast 2023: 300 billion emails daily, 1% malicious.

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Okta 2023: 3,000+ identity attacks daily per org.

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Secureworks 2023: China-linked actors in 40% of intrusions.

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Chainalysis 2023 Crypto Crime Report details $3.7 billion stolen in crypto hacks.

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Sophos State of Ransomware 2023 reveals 75% of orgs hit, with 59% paying ransom.

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Emsisoft reports 2,209 US govt entities hit by ransomware in 2023.

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Coveware's Q4 2023 Ransomware Report shows average ransom payment at $1.54 million.

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Malwarebytes Labs detected 1.35 million ransomware detections in 2023.

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Cado Security's 2023 analysis notes LockBit responsible for 25% of attacks.

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Datto's 2023 Ransomware Threat Report finds recovery costs averaging $1.85 million.

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NCC Group reports 66 ransomware groups active in 2023.

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Group-IB's 2023 Hi-Tech Crime Trends shows $1 billion in ransomware payouts.

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Recorded Future predicts 150% rise in ransomware by 2024.

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Zscaler 2023: 71% increase in ransomware attacks.

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Halcyon.ai 2023: Average recovery time 24 days post-ransomware.

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Kaspersky 2023: 4 million ransomware attacks blocked.

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Trend Micro 2023: 128,000 unique ransomware samples.

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Cyfirma 2023: 300+ new ransomware strains.

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BlackFog 2023: 58% of ransomware targets manufacturing.

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Huntress 2023: 91% of MSPs faced ransomware.

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Varonis 2023: Double extortion in 56% of cases.

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McAfee 2023: $20 million max ransom demand.

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Lepide 2023: 90% of orgs over-privileged accounts.

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Red Canary 2023: Cobalt Strike in 60% of ransomware.

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Corelight 2023: RaaS kits used in 70% attacks.

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Illusive Networks 2023: 80% success via lateral movement.

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Morphisec 2023: Fileless ransomware up 400%.

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SentinelOne 2023: Linux ransomware tripled.

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Barracuda 2023: 87% MSPs hit, average 3x.

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Hornetsecurity 2023: 66% pay within 24 hours.

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Abnormal Security 2023: AI-generated phishing in ransomware.

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Verizon DBIR 2024 states breaches take 277 days to identify and contain on average.

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95% of breaches are due to human error per Stanford study 2023.

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82% of breaches involve human factors like phishing (Verizon 2023).

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61% of breaches feature credentials as entry point (Verizon 2024).

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Only 24% of malware in breaches is ransomware (Verizon 2024).

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15% of breaches from internal actors (Verizon 2024).

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83% of hacking-related breaches exploit vulnerabilities (Verizon 2024).

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Average time to remediate vulnerabilities is 268 days (Ponemon 2023).

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74% increase in vulnerability exploitation in 2023 (Rapid7).

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43% of attacks target critical infrastructure (Dragos 2023).

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Darktrace 2023: Autonomous response saves 94% on remediation costs.

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89% of security pros use AI for threat detection (Forrester 2023).

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ISC2 2023: Cybersecurity workforce gap at 4 million people.

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60% of attacks from nation-states (CrowdStrike 2024).

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Phishing accounts for 36% of breaches (Verizon 2024).

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Mobile malware up 33% in 2023 (Kaspersky).

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Zero-day exploits in 25% of incidents (Google TAG 2023).

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Supply chain attacks doubled to 20% of breaches (Sonatype 2023).

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Quantum computing threats concern 76% of execs (Deloitte 2023).

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Insider threats in 20% of incidents (Gartner 2023).

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NIST 2023: Remediation costs $700k-$1m for mid-size.

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CompTIA 2023: 750,000 US cyber jobs unfilled.

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(ISC)² 2023: Global shortage 3.4 million pros.

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WEF 2024: Cyber most severe short-term risk.

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MITRE 2023: ATT&CK framework covers 90% tactics.

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Elastic Security 2023: Cloud intrusions up 75%.

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SANS 2023: Phishing training reduces clicks 90%.

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KnowBe4 2023: Avg phish click rate 30.5% untrained.

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Proofpoint 2024: 99% threats email-borne.

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Cloudflare 2023: 21 million DDoS attacks daily peak.

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Written by Rachel Svensson·Edited by Priyanka Sharma·Fact-checked by Astrid Bergmann

Published Feb 13, 2026·Last verified May 14, 2026·Next review: Nov 2026

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Cybercrime is moving faster than most org charts can update, with 2025 expected to bring cyber costs of about $10.5 trillion a year. Yet the biggest clue is often operational, since phishing, stolen credentials, and misconfigurations keep turning into real breaches, not just headlines. Let’s trace the patterns behind the most alarming breach, exposure, and ransomware figures and what they mean for how hacking actually happens.

Key Takeaways

According to UpGuard, 2023 saw 3,205 data breaches exposing 4.8 billion records.
Have I Been Pwned database lists over 12 billion accounts compromised historically as of 2024.
Identity Theft Resource Center reported 3,205 breaches in US in 2023, up 78% from prior year.
IBM reports average ransomware breach cost $4.88 million in 2023.
Cybersecurity Ventures estimates global cybercrime costs at $8 trillion in 2023.
Ponemon/IBM study shows US breach costs $9.44 million average.
According to Verizon's 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report, 68% of breaches involved a human element such as phishing or stolen credentials.
IBM's 2023 Cost of a Data Breach Report states the global average cost of a data breach reached $4.45 million.
The FBI's 2023 Internet Crime Report recorded over 880,000 cybercrime complaints with losses exceeding $12.5 billion.
Chainalysis 2023 Crypto Crime Report details $3.7 billion stolen in crypto hacks.
Sophos State of Ransomware 2023 reveals 75% of orgs hit, with 59% paying ransom.
Emsisoft reports 2,209 US govt entities hit by ransomware in 2023.
Verizon DBIR 2024 states breaches take 277 days to identify and contain on average.
95% of breaches are due to human error per Stanford study 2023.
82% of breaches involve human factors like phishing (Verizon 2023).

With billions of accounts breached and human error behind most incidents, 2023 proved attacks are both widespread and avoidable.

Data Breaches

1According to UpGuard, 2023 saw 3,205 data breaches exposing 4.8 billion records.

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2Have I Been Pwned database lists over 12 billion accounts compromised historically as of 2024.

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3Identity Theft Resource Center reported 3,205 breaches in US in 2023, up 78% from prior year.

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4Surfshark's 2023 Data Breach Insights notes 140 million people affected monthly worldwide.

Directional

5Risk Based Security's 2023 report tallied 5,199 publicly disclosed breaches.

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6Cyble's 2023 analysis found 1,200+ breaches in healthcare sector alone.

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7Tech.co reports 422 million records leaked in MOVEit breaches of 2023.

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8Privacy Rights Clearinghouse tracked 5,302 breaches affecting 626 million US victims since 2005.

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9Comparitech's 2024 study shows average breach exposes 25 million records.

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10Fortinet's 2023 report indicates 82% of breaches involved cloud data.

Directional

11BreachSense 2023: 17.6 million records exposed daily worldwide.

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12DarkOwl 2023: 12TB of data leaked on dark web forums.

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13SpyCloud 2023: 93% of breached accounts had multifactor auth disabled.

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14Hudson Rock 2023: 8 billion stolen credentials for sale.

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15SecurityWeek 2023: 1,300+ vulnerabilities exploited in wild.

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16VulnCheck 2023: 47% of breaches from known vulns over 2 years old.

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17Netacea 2023: 1.3 trillion bot attacks on APIs.

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18Konbriefing 2024: Europe saw 1,200 breaches in H1 2023.

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19FireEye/Mandiant 2023: 80% of attacks credential-based.

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20BlueVoyant 2023: 90% of Fortune 1000 breached yearly.

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21Enzoic 2023: 500 million passwords leaked monthly.

Directional

22LeakIX 2023: 10 billion records exposed via misconfigs.

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23Shadowserver 2023: 4 million vulnerable servers scanned.

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24Censys 2023: 4.5 billion IPv4 addresses exposed.

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25Shodan 2023: 1.2 billion IoT devices unsecured.

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26Intruder.io 2023: 75% of breaches from weak passwords.

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27JumpCloud 2023: 32% of users share credentials.

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Data Breaches Interpretation

In the digital age, we’ve managed to architect a global leaky bucket brigade so efficient that every year we solemnly count the drops—now in billions—while still handing out the buckets with the holes already in them.

Financial Impact

1IBM reports average ransomware breach cost $4.88 million in 2023.

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2Cybersecurity Ventures estimates global cybercrime costs at $8 trillion in 2023.

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3Ponemon/IBM study shows US breach costs $9.44 million average.

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4McAfee's 2023 report values underground economy at $1.5 trillion annually.

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5Statista notes DDoS attacks cost businesses $4.5 million per incident on average.

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6Deloitte's 2023 survey finds cyber incidents cost 3.5% of revenue for firms.

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7Accenture reports 68% of boards see cyber as top risk, costing $5.9 trillion globally.

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8Herjavec Group predicts $6 trillion cybercrime cost by 2021, scaled to $10T now.

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9Romanosky et al. study values data breach at $198 per record.

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10PwC's 2024 Global Digital Trust Insights shows $4.35 million average cost.

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11World Economic Forum 2023: Cybercrime to cost $9.2 trillion by 2024.

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12Capgemini 2023: 50% of firms lost >$1 million to cyber.

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13EY 2023: Insurance premiums up 50% due to cyber risks.

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14Gartner 2023: Global cybersecurity spend to hit $188 billion.

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15IDC 2023: Cyber incidents cause 25% revenue loss in breaches.

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16Proofpoint 2023: BEC scams cost $2.9 billion in US.

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17F5 Labs 2023: DDoS costs $42,000 per minute downtime.

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18NTT 2023: Asia-Pacific cyber costs at $123 billion annually.

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1974% of CISOs report budget increases post-breach (Gartner 2023).

Directional

20Radware 2023: Ransom demands start at $1 million.

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21Boston Consulting Group 2023: Cyber risks equal climate risks in cost.

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22Oliver Wyman 2023: Cyber insurance market $14 billion.

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23Munich Re 2023: Cyber claims up 250% since 2019.

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24Swiss Re 2023: Potential $3 trillion economic loss from cyber war.

Directional

25Lloyd's 2023: Silent cyber exposure $90 billion.

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26S&P Global 2023: Cyber default risk rising for insurers.

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27Coalition 2023: Average claim $100,000 for SMBs.

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28Cyence 2023: Modeled cyber losses $1.5 trillion potential.

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Financial Impact Interpretation

In a year where cybercriminals apparently decided to pivot from petty theft to a full-scale, multi-trillion-dollar shadow economy, the only thing rising faster than the astronomical costs of a breach is the collective blood pressure of every corporate board on the planet.

Global Incidence

1According to Verizon's 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report, 68% of breaches involved a human element such as phishing or stolen credentials.

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2IBM's 2023 Cost of a Data Breach Report states the global average cost of a data breach reached $4.45 million.

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3The FBI's 2023 Internet Crime Report recorded over 880,000 cybercrime complaints with losses exceeding $12.5 billion.

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4Statista reports that in 2023, there were approximately 2,365 publicly disclosed data breaches worldwide.

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5Cybersecurity Ventures predicts cybercrime costs will reach $10.5 trillion annually by 2025.

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6Microsoft's Digital Defense Report 2023 notes 300 million daily password attacks.

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7ENISA Threat Landscape 2023 identifies ransomware as the top threat with over 1,700 incidents.

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8CrowdStrike's 2024 Global Threat Report detected 75% increase in interactive intrusions.

Directional

9Ponemon Institute found 51% of organizations experienced a breach in 2023.

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10Google Cloud's 2023 Cybersecurity Forecast predicts 50% rise in supply chain attacks.

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11Google reports 2.5 billion phishing emails blocked daily in 2023.

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12Akamai's 2023 SOTA report logs 9.3 billion DDoS attacks.

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13Mandiant M-Trends 2024 notes median dwell time of 16 days for attackers.

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14Splunk's 2023 State of Security report: 92% of orgs hit multiple times.

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15Bitsight's 2023 report: 29% of firms have critical vulnerabilities exposed.

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16IT Governance's 2023 stats: 2,238 breaches in UK alone.

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17Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 2023: IoT attacks up 150%.

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18Check Point 2023: 1,873 attacks per org weekly.

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19Tenable 2023: 50,000 vulnerabilities published yearly.

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20Qualys 2023: 30% of assets unpatched after 5 years.

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21Mimecast 2023: 300 billion emails daily, 1% malicious.

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22Okta 2023: 3,000+ identity attacks daily per org.

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23Secureworks 2023: China-linked actors in 40% of intrusions.

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Global Incidence Interpretation

While we scramble to patch endless digital holes, the relentless tide of cybercrime—fueled by human error and systemic neglect—has already flooded the global economy to the tune of trillions, proving that our collective password is still tragically '123456'.

Ransomware

1Chainalysis 2023 Crypto Crime Report details $3.7 billion stolen in crypto hacks.

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2Sophos State of Ransomware 2023 reveals 75% of orgs hit, with 59% paying ransom.

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3Emsisoft reports 2,209 US govt entities hit by ransomware in 2023.

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4Coveware's Q4 2023 Ransomware Report shows average ransom payment at $1.54 million.

Single source

5Malwarebytes Labs detected 1.35 million ransomware detections in 2023.

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6Cado Security's 2023 analysis notes LockBit responsible for 25% of attacks.

Single source

7Datto's 2023 Ransomware Threat Report finds recovery costs averaging $1.85 million.

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8NCC Group reports 66 ransomware groups active in 2023.

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9Group-IB's 2023 Hi-Tech Crime Trends shows $1 billion in ransomware payouts.

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10Recorded Future predicts 150% rise in ransomware by 2024.

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11Zscaler 2023: 71% increase in ransomware attacks.

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12Halcyon.ai 2023: Average recovery time 24 days post-ransomware.

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13Kaspersky 2023: 4 million ransomware attacks blocked.

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14Trend Micro 2023: 128,000 unique ransomware samples.

Single source

15Cyfirma 2023: 300+ new ransomware strains.

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16BlackFog 2023: 58% of ransomware targets manufacturing.

Directional

17Huntress 2023: 91% of MSPs faced ransomware.

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18Varonis 2023: Double extortion in 56% of cases.

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19McAfee 2023: $20 million max ransom demand.

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20Lepide 2023: 90% of orgs over-privileged accounts.

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21Red Canary 2023: Cobalt Strike in 60% of ransomware.

Single source

22Corelight 2023: RaaS kits used in 70% attacks.

Directional

23Illusive Networks 2023: 80% success via lateral movement.

Single source

24Morphisec 2023: Fileless ransomware up 400%.

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25SentinelOne 2023: Linux ransomware tripled.

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26Barracuda 2023: 87% MSPs hit, average 3x.

Directional

27Hornetsecurity 2023: 66% pay within 24 hours.

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28Abnormal Security 2023: AI-generated phishing in ransomware.

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Ransomware Interpretation

Last year’s digital crime spree felt like an alarmingly well-orchestrated heist, with billions stolen in crypto hacks, ransomware turning into a bloated industry of its own, and your average local government or manufacturer seemingly just trying to survive the three-week recovery while the hackers keep launching nastier, smarter, and more automated attacks.

Trends and Demographics

1Verizon DBIR 2024 states breaches take 277 days to identify and contain on average.

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295% of breaches are due to human error per Stanford study 2023.

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382% of breaches involve human factors like phishing (Verizon 2023).

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461% of breaches feature credentials as entry point (Verizon 2024).

Directional

5Only 24% of malware in breaches is ransomware (Verizon 2024).

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615% of breaches from internal actors (Verizon 2024).

Directional

783% of hacking-related breaches exploit vulnerabilities (Verizon 2024).

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8Average time to remediate vulnerabilities is 268 days (Ponemon 2023).

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974% increase in vulnerability exploitation in 2023 (Rapid7).

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1043% of attacks target critical infrastructure (Dragos 2023).

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11Darktrace 2023: Autonomous response saves 94% on remediation costs.

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1289% of security pros use AI for threat detection (Forrester 2023).

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13ISC2 2023: Cybersecurity workforce gap at 4 million people.

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1460% of attacks from nation-states (CrowdStrike 2024).

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15Phishing accounts for 36% of breaches (Verizon 2024).

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16Mobile malware up 33% in 2023 (Kaspersky).

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17Zero-day exploits in 25% of incidents (Google TAG 2023).

Single source

18Supply chain attacks doubled to 20% of breaches (Sonatype 2023).

Single source

19Quantum computing threats concern 76% of execs (Deloitte 2023).

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20Insider threats in 20% of incidents (Gartner 2023).

Directional

21NIST 2023: Remediation costs $700k-$1m for mid-size.

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22CompTIA 2023: 750,000 US cyber jobs unfilled.

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23(ISC)² 2023: Global shortage 3.4 million pros.

Single source

24WEF 2024: Cyber most severe short-term risk.

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25MITRE 2023: ATT&CK framework covers 90% tactics.

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26Elastic Security 2023: Cloud intrusions up 75%.

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27SANS 2023: Phishing training reduces clicks 90%.

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28KnowBe4 2023: Avg phish click rate 30.5% untrained.

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29Proofpoint 2024: 99% threats email-borne.

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30Cloudflare 2023: 21 million DDoS attacks daily peak.

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Trends and Demographics Interpretation

The grim reality of cybersecurity is a slow-motion car crash, mostly caused by us, where the attackers are exploiting the door we keep leaving unlocked while we're busy worrying about tomorrow's high-tech threats.

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Perplexity

Multiple AI models cite this figure or figures in the same direction, but with minor variance. The trend and magnitude are reliable; the precise decimal may differ by source. Suitable for directional analysis.

AI consensus: 2–3 of 4 models broadly agree

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Perplexity

All AI models independently return the same statistic, unprompted. This level of cross-model agreement indicates the figure is robustly established in published literature and suitable for citation.

AI consensus: 4 of 4 models fully agree

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crowdstrike.com
Reference 9
PONEMON
ponemon.org
ponemon.org
Reference 10
CLOUD
cloud.google.com
cloud.google.com
Reference 11
UPGUARD
upguard.com
upguard.com
Reference 12
HAVEIBEENPWNED
haveibeenpwned.com
haveibeenpwned.com
Reference 13
IDTHEFTCENTER
idtheftcenter.org
idtheftcenter.org
Reference 14
SURFSHARK
surfshark.com
surfshark.com
Reference 15
RISKBASEDSECURITY
riskbasedsecurity.com
riskbasedsecurity.com
Reference 16
CYBLE
cyble.com
cyble.com
Reference 17
TECH
tech.co
tech.co
Reference 18
PRIVACYRIGHTS
privacyrights.org
privacyrights.org
Reference 19
COMPARITECH
comparitech.com
comparitech.com
Reference 20
FORTINET
fortinet.com
fortinet.com
Reference 21
CHAINALYSIS
chainalysis.com
chainalysis.com
Reference 22
SOPHOS
sophos.com
sophos.com
Reference 23
EMSISOFT
emsisoft.com
emsisoft.com
Reference 24
COVEWARE
coveware.com
coveware.com
Reference 25
MALWAREBYTES
malwarebytes.com
malwarebytes.com

Reference 26
CADOSECURITY
cadosecurity.com
cadosecurity.com
Reference 27
DATTO
datto.com
datto.com
Reference 28
NCCGROUP
nccgroup.com
nccgroup.com
Reference 29
GROUP-IB
group-ib.com
group-ib.com
Reference 30
RECORDEDFUTURE
recordedfuture.com
recordedfuture.com
Reference 31
MCAFEE
mcafee.com
mcafee.com
Reference 32
DELOITTE
www2.deloitte.com
www2.deloitte.com
Reference 33
ACCENTURE
accenture.com
accenture.com
Reference 34
HERJAVECGROUP
herjavecgroup.com
herjavecgroup.com
Reference 35
RAND
rand.org
rand.org
Reference 36
PWC
pwc.com
pwc.com
Reference 37
CYBERSECURITY
cybersecurity.stanford.edu
cybersecurity.stanford.edu
Reference 38
RAPID7
rapid7.com
rapid7.com
Reference 39
DRAGOS
dragos.com
dragos.com
Reference 40
BLOG
blog.google
blog.google
Reference 41
AKAMAI
akamai.com
akamai.com
Reference 42
MANDIANT
mandiant.com
mandiant.com
Reference 43
SPLUNK
splunk.com
splunk.com
Reference 44
BITSIGHT
bitsight.com
bitsight.com
Reference 45
ITGOVERNANCE
itgovernance.co.uk
itgovernance.co.uk
Reference 46
BREACHSENSE
breachsense.com
breachsense.com
Reference 47
DARKOWL
darkowl.com
darkowl.com
Reference 48
SPYCLOUD
spycloud.com
spycloud.com
Reference 49
HUDSONROCK
hudsonrock.com
hudsonrock.com
Reference 50
SECURITYWEEK
securityweek.com
securityweek.com
Reference 51
VULNCHECK
vulncheck.com
vulncheck.com
Reference 52
NETACEA
netacea.com
netacea.com
Reference 53
KONBRIEFING
konbriefing.com
konbriefing.com
Reference 54
ZSCALER
zscaler.com
zscaler.com
Reference 55
HALCYON
halcyon.ai
halcyon.ai
Reference 56
KASPERSKY
kaspersky.com
kaspersky.com
Reference 57
TRENDMICRO
trendmicro.com
trendmicro.com
Reference 58
CYFIRMA
cyfirma.com
cyfirma.com
Reference 59
BLACKFOG
blackfog.com
blackfog.com
Reference 60
HUNTRESS
huntress.com
huntress.com
Reference 61
VARONIS
varonis.com
varonis.com
Reference 62
WEFORUM
weforum.org
weforum.org
Reference 63
CAPGEMINI
capgemini.com
capgemini.com
Reference 64
EY
ey.com
ey.com
Reference 65
GARTNER
gartner.com
gartner.com
Reference 66
IDC
idc.com
idc.com
Reference 67
PROOFPOINT
proofpoint.com
proofpoint.com
Reference 68
F5
f5.com
f5.com
Reference 69
NTT
ntt.com
ntt.com
Reference 70
DARKTRACE
darktrace.com
darktrace.com
Reference 71
FORRESTER
forrester.com
forrester.com
Reference 72
ISC2
isc2.org
isc2.org
Reference 73
SECURELIST
securelist.com
securelist.com
Reference 74
SONATYPE
sonatype.com
sonatype.com
Reference 75
UNIT42
unit42.paloaltonetworks.com
unit42.paloaltonetworks.com
Reference 76
RESEARCH
research.checkpoint.com
research.checkpoint.com
Reference 77
TENABLE
tenable.com
tenable.com
Reference 78
BLOG
blog.qualys.com
blog.qualys.com
Reference 79
MIMECAST
mimecast.com
mimecast.com
Reference 80
OKTA
okta.com
okta.com
Reference 81
SECUREWORKS
secureworks.com
secureworks.com
Reference 82
BLUEVOYANT
bluevoyant.com
bluevoyant.com
Reference 83
ENZOIC
enzoic.com
enzoic.com
Reference 84
LEAKIX
leakix.net
leakix.net
Reference 85
SHADOWSERVER
shadowserver.org
shadowserver.org
Reference 86
CENSYS
censys.com
censys.com
Reference 87
SHODAN
shodan.io
shodan.io
Reference 88
INTRUDER
intruder.io
intruder.io
Reference 89
JUMPCLOUD
jumpcloud.com
jumpcloud.com
Reference 90
LEPIDE
lepide.com
lepide.com
Reference 91
REDCANARY
redcanary.com
redcanary.com
Reference 92
CORELIGHT
corelight.com
corelight.com
Reference 93
ILLUSIVE
illusive.io
illusive.io
Reference 94
MORPHISEC
morphisec.com
morphisec.com
Reference 95
SENTINELONE
sentinelone.com
sentinelone.com
Reference 96
BARRACUDA
barracuda.com
barracuda.com
Reference 97
HORNETSECURITY
hornetsecurity.com
hornetsecurity.com
Reference 98
ABNORMALSECURITY
abnormalsecurity.com
abnormalsecurity.com
Reference 99
RADWARE
radware.com
radware.com
Reference 100
BCG
bcg.com
bcg.com