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2025 DBIR
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of breaches were linked to third-party involvement, twice as much as last year, and driven in part by vulnerability exploitation and business interruptions
increase in attackers exploiting vulnerabilities to gain initial access and cause security breaches compared to last year's report
of perimeter-device vulnerabilities were fully remediated by organizations in the past year, while almost half remained unresolved
of all breaches analyzed showed ransomware was present, marking a notable rise from last year’s report
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