Global average cost per breached data record 2014-2024

Published by Ani Petrosyan, Nov 19, 2024

As of 2024, the average cost per stolen record in data breaches worldwide amounted to 169 U.S. dollars, up from 165 dollars in the previous year. The average cost of a data breach worldwide was 4.88 million U.S. dollars.

Average cost per leaked record in data breaches worldwide from 2014 to 2024 (in U.S. dollars)

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Release date

July 2023

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2014 to 2023

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "Our researchers collected in-depth qualitative data through over 3,475 separate interviews with individuals at 553 organizations that suffered a data breach between March 2022 and March 2023. Breaches included in the study ranged from 2,200 to 102,000 compromised records."

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