Global cost per record of a data breach 2023, by initial attack vector
In 2023, the data breaches caused by a malicious insider were the most expensive, amounting to 4.9 million U.S. dollars per data breach. Data breaches caused by phishing attacks of 4.76 million U.S. dollars per data breach. A data breach initiated by business e-mail compromise attacks cost 4.67 million U.S. dollars in the examined period.
