Cost of a data breach in the U.S. 2022

As of 2022, the average cost of a data breach in the United States amounted to 9.44 million U.S. dollars, up from 9.05 million U.S. dollars in the previous year. The global average cost per data breach was 4.35 million U.S. dollars in 2022.

Average cost of a data breach in the United States from 2006 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Cost in million U.S. dollars
2022	9.44
2021	9.05
2020	8.64
2019	8.19
2018	7.91
2017	7.35
2016	7.01
2015	6.53
2014	5.85
2013	5.4
2012	5.5
2011	7.24
2010	6.75
2009	6.66
2008	6.36
2007	4.79
2006	3.54

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2006 to 2022

Number of respondents

550 organizations

Supplementary notes

Total breach costs include: lost business resulting from diminished trust or confidence of customers; costs related to detection, escalation, and notification of the breach; and ex-post response activities, such as credit report monitoring.
The date is dated in the year of publication rather than the fieldwork completion date.
For the 2022 report, the source studied 550 organizations across 17 countries and regions and in 17 different industries that had experienced data breaches.

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