In a 2024 survey of small business leaders and IT professionals in the United States, 58 percent of respondents stated that employee data was their most compromised company data in cyberattacks. Additionally, 53 percent of respondents reported customer or consumer data as the second most impacted company data.
Most commonly compromised type of data in small companies in the United States as of August 2024
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Identity Theft Resource Center. (October 30, 2024). Most commonly compromised type of data in small companies in the United States as of August 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 03, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455225/companies-data-compromised-in-us/
Identity Theft Resource Center. "Most commonly compromised type of data in small companies in the United States as of August 2024." Chart. October 30, 2024. Statista. Accessed May 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455225/companies-data-compromised-in-us/
Identity Theft Resource Center. (2024). Most commonly compromised type of data in small companies in the United States as of August 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455225/companies-data-compromised-in-us/
Identity Theft Resource Center. "Most Commonly Compromised Type of Data in Small Companies in The United States as of August 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455225/companies-data-compromised-in-us/
Identity Theft Resource Center, Most commonly compromised type of data in small companies in the United States as of August 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455225/companies-data-compromised-in-us/ (last visited May 03, 2025)
Most commonly compromised type of data in small companies in the United States as of August 2024 [Graph], Identity Theft Resource Center, October 30, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455225/companies-data-compromised-in-us/
