📚 Unauthorized access jumped 4x in 2021

Security breaches from issues associated with supply chain and third-party suppliers have recorded an unprecedented jump of 297%, representing about a fourth of all the security breaches in 2021 in the US, according to a study by digital identity and access management platform ForgeRock.

The 2022 Consumer Identity and Breach Report found unauthorized access to be the leading infection vector for the breaches, accounting for 50% of all records compromised in 2021.

The average cost of a breach in the US, according to the report, was $9.5 million, which is the highest in the world and up 16% from $8.2 million in 2020.

For the study, ForgeRock gathered data from several sources including the Identity Theft Resource Centre, Forrester Research, and the Ponemon Institute, between January 1, 2021 and December 1, 2021.

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