IBM says AI-enabled breaches average $6 million, outpacing global breach cost average

• IBM’s 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report found 25% of malicious breaches were AI-enabled, up 56% year over year.
• AI-enabled breaches averaged $6 million in costs, about $1 million above the global average of $4.99 million.
• More than 20% of organizations reported breaches targeting AI models or applications; leading drivers were compromised surrounding systems, including APIs and cloud misconfigurations.
• Security teams using AI automation cut breach costs by nearly $2 million on average; 25% of organizations still have not adopted such tools.
• AI-driven attacks concentrated in critical infrastructure at 62%; average breach costs reached $6.3 million in financial services, $5.2 million in energy.

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