Security breaches are identified as one of the five most frequent root causes of major tech outages, collectively accounting for nearly 90% of all major outages alongside software bugs, configuration issues, database errors, and infrastructure failures.
Security breaches are identified as one of the five most frequent root causes of major tech outages, collectively accounting for nearly 90% of all major outages alongside software bugs, configuration issues, database errors, and infrastructure failures. — This cybersecurity statistic was published by Website Planet in August 2025. It covers topics including Tech outage, Security breach. The original data appears in Global Tech Outages: The High Price of Small Errors. For the full methodology and detailed findings, refer to the original report.
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Security breaches are identified as one of the five most frequent root causes of major tech outages, collectively accounting for nearly 90% of all major outages alongside software bugs, configuration issues, database errors, and infrastructure failures. This data was published by Website Planet and covers Tech outage, Security breach.
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This statistic comes from Global Tech Outages: The High Price of Small Errors, published by Website Planet on August 12, 2025. You can view the original report at https://www.websiteplanet.com/blog/global-tech-outages-research/.
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