Global cost per record of a data breach 2024, by type of data

Published by Laura Ceci, Sep 12, 2024

In 2024, the cost of a compromised record containing employees' personally identifiable information was 189 U.S. dollars, making it the highest-cost type of breached data record. The second-most expensive type of data record among the compromised data points was customers' personal identifiable information (PII), which cost 181 U.S. dollars.

Per-record cost of a data breach worldwide in 2024, by type of compromised data

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July 2024

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2024

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PII - Personal identifiable information

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