Threat Actors Embrace AI, Helping Push the Average Cost of a Data Breach to $6 Million

The average cost of a data breach has risen to $6 million, a 20% increase from the previous year, according to a new IBM report. Attackers are increasingly using AI for impersonation and malware, with one in four breaches now AI-driven, while the time to identify and contain a breach has lengthened to 247 days.

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