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The retail & hospitality industry saw the highest third-party breach rate at 52.4%.
3/26/2025•
Third-party BreachesRetail
The energy and utilities industry had a third-party breach rate of 46.7%.
3/26/2025•
Third-party BreachesEnergy
The healthcare sector had the most third-party breaches (78) but a below-average rate of 32.2%.
3/26/2025•
Third-party BreachesHealthcare
The technology industry had the second-highest third-party breach rate at 47.3%.
3/26/2025•
Third-party BreachesTechnology
35.5% of all breaches in 2024 were third-party related. This figure is noted as likely conservative due to underreporting and misclassification.
3/26/2025•
Third-party Breaches
Japan had a third-party breach rate of 60%.
3/26/2025•
Third-party BreachesJapan
State-sponsored groups accounted for 35% of attributable breaches, but their role in third-party breaches rose to 39.5%.
1/1/2025
28% of insurance companies reported breaches—higher than the S&P 500 (21%) and double the U.S. energy industry (14%).
1/1/2025
Application security was the most significant vulnerability for 41% of federal contractors, with nearly half (46%) of the most impactful security issues originating from this area.
1/1/2025
28% of federal contractors had at least one observable malware infection or compromised device on their networks in the past year.
1/1/2025
Third-party software & IT caused 50% of breaches at insurance companies.
1/1/2025
More than half (56%) of insurance companies had at least one compromised credential in the past two years.
1/1/2025
Insurance carriers represented 50% of the companies hit by third-party incidents, despite making up about 27% of the total sample.
1/1/2025
Malware infections and device compromises affected 17% of insurance companies last year.
1/1/2025
59% of insurance companies' breaches involved third-party attack vectors, more than double the global cross-industry average of 29%.
1/1/2025
59% of breaches among the top 150 insurance companies involved third-party attack vectors.
1/1/2025
Ransomware operators accounted for 41.25% of all breaches, with their share rising to 46.5% in third-party incidents.
1/1/2025
35% of federal contractors experienced publicly reported breaches, with 14% having multiple incidents (2–5 breaches each).
1/1/2025
58% of breaches impacting the top 100 U.S. federal contractors involved third-party attack vectors. This is double the global average of 29%.
1/1/2025
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