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title: ID Agent Guest Blog | These 10 SMB Data Breach Statistics Show a Dangerous World for Your Data
description: This blog from our cybersecurity partner ID Agent reveals the cyber risks from data breaches and how they can cripple SMBs.
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# ID Agent Guest Blog | These 10 SMB Data Breach Statistics Show a Dangerous World for Your Data

 December 13th, 2021 [ID Agent](https://info.bitxbit.com/blog/author/id-agent)

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Thank you to our cybersecurity and [Dark Web monitoring](https://www.bitxbit.com/services-solutions/dark-web-monitoring/)partner ID Agent for their guest blog that should motivate you to get ahead of the scary data breaches that come with leaving your organization vulnerable in the cyber world.

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A data breach is a nightmare for any company, and it’s one that more businesses in more industries are having to face today. About 85% of IT professionals foresee a data breach at their organization in the next 12 months. Cybercriminals are hungry for data that they can sell in booming dark web data markets for a hefty profit, spawning an unprecedented increase in data-focused cybercrime that’s rocking organizations of every size in every sector – and it isn’t going to stop. 

#### 10 SMB Data Breach Statistics You’ve Got to See 

- The [number of recorded data breaches in 2021](https://www.idtheftcenter.org/identity-theft-resource-center-to-share-latest-data-breach-analysis-with-u-s-senate-commerce-committee-number-of-data-breaches-in-2021-surpasses-all-of-2020/) has exceeded the total number of events 2020 by 17%, with 1,291 breaches in 2021 compared to 1,108 breaches in 2020 
- More than [60% of breaches](https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/) result from misused, stolen or purchased credentials 
- An estimated [85% of data breaches](https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/) involve a human element.  
- [Phishing](https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/) is the top threat action that results in a breach  
- The number of breaches [that involve ransomware has doubled](https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/)  
- [34% of data breaches](https://www.bitglass.com/blog/the-rise-of-insider-threats-in-verizons-dbir#:~:text=In%20Verizon's%202019%20report%2C%20the,has%20been%20increasing%20since%202015.) involve internal actors 
- Over [80% of breaches](https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/) are discovered by external parties. 
- An estimated 36% of organizations worldwide had a cloud [data breach](https://www.idagent.com/blog/is-that-a-security-update-or-a-cyberattack/) in the past 12 months 
-  [74% of organizations in the United States](https://www.graphus.ai/blog/10-phishing-related-cybercrime-statistics-every-business-owner-needs-to-see/) have fallen victim to a successful phishing attack that resulted in a data breach in the last 12 months 
- The US is [the leader in phishing-related data breaches](https://www.graphus.ai/blog/1-in-4-companies-had-an-email-security-breach-last-year/) for 2021 so far, with rates 30% higher than the global average, and 14% higher than the same period in 2020. 

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