Global cost per record of a data breach 2024, by initial attack vector

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Ani Petrosyan
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Jun 23, 2025

As of February 2024, data breaches caused by malicious insiders were the most costly, averaging

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million U.S. dollars per breach. Phishing attacks led to data breaches with an average cost of
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million U.S. dollars per incident. Similarly, breaches resulting from business email compromise also averaged
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million U.S. dollars during the examined period.

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Cost of a data breach worldwide as of February 2024, by initial attack vector (in million U.S. dollars)

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Statistic: Cost of a data breach worldwide as of February 2024, by initial attack vector (in million U.S. dollars)

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July 2024

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Worldwide

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2024

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PII - Personal identifiable information

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