2023 Data Breach Investigations Report

Keep your security plan up to date and help protect your organization—with access to in-depth analysis on recent cyber threats and data breaches.

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Here’s a preview of some of the new cybersecurity data uncovered by this year’s DBIR.

83%

of breaches involved external actors—with the majority being financially motivated.

74%

of breaches involved the human element, which includes social engineering attacks, errors or misuse.

50%

of all social engineering attacks are pretexting incidents—nearly double last year’s total.

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2023 DBIR Executive Summary

This year’s report includes data and insights from 5,199 confirmed breaches.

2023 DBIR Key Insights

Learn seven important takeaways that can help protect your organization.

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