{"slug": "data-breach-cost-2026-averaged-4-99-million-ai-attacks-ran-higher", "title": "Data breach cost 2026 averaged $4.99 million, AI attacks ran higher", "summary": "IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach report found the average data breach cost reached $4.99 million, with AI-driven attacks costing roughly $1 million more than non-AI malicious breaches. Over a quarter of breached organizations reported AI-powered attacks, while half deployed AI agents in security operations centers for threat hunting, automated response, and containment.", "body_md": "More than one in four organizations hit by a malicious attack over the past year say AI drove it. Those breaches averaged about $1 million above the malicious attacks that ran without AI. Defenders bought similar technology and aimed it somewhere else. Half of breached organizations put AI agents inside a security operations center, mostly on threat hunting, automated response and containment. Among that group, 18% aimed agents at vulnerability scanning and management, the work … [More ](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/30/ibm-cost-of-a-data-breach-2026/)\n\nThe post [Data breach cost 2026 averaged $4.99 million, AI attacks ran higher](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/30/ibm-cost-of-a-data-breach-2026/) appeared first on [Help Net Security](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/data-breach-cost-2026-averaged-4-99-million-ai-attacks-ran-higher", "canonical_source": "https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/30/ibm-cost-of-a-data-breach-2026/", "published_at": "2026-07-30 06:15:26+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-30 06:24:10.268721+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-safety", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["IBM"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/data-breach-cost-2026-averaged-4-99-million-ai-attacks-ran-higher", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/data-breach-cost-2026-averaged-4-99-million-ai-attacks-ran-higher.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/data-breach-cost-2026-averaged-4-99-million-ai-attacks-ran-higher.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/data-breach-cost-2026-averaged-4-99-million-ai-attacks-ran-higher.jsonld"}}