69% of consumers do not check if a website has a secure padlock icon before making online purchases.

65% of all consumers say they are more concerned about online security than they were five years ago.

38% of Gen Z consumers say they use a different password for every account as a measure to help themselves from being hacked.

42% of Gen Z and 40% of Millennial respondents would not immediately change their passwords or credit card information after being notified of a data breach, if they act at all.

21% of Gen Z and 16% of Millennials report being less concerned about online security than they were five years ago.

1 in 4 (23%) consumers said having loyalty or rewards points on the line would influence their decision to remain a customer

33% of Millennials say they use a different password for every account as a measure to help themselves from being hacked.

Most consumers (68%) expect small businesses to maintain the same level of digital security as large corporations or better.

37% of Gen X and Boomers say they don't save their credit/debit card information in brand accounts as a measure to help themselves from being hacked.

7% of Gen X and Boomers report being less concerned about online security than they were five years ago.

The majority (67%) of consumers believe that their personal information is already on the dark web.

Over half (57.6%) of surveyed IT/security professionals reported being pressured to keep a breach confidential, even when they believed it should be reported to authorities. This represents a 38% increase compared to Bitdefender’s 2023 report on the same question.

In Italy, 52.8% of surveyed IT/security professionals reported being pressured to keep a breach confidential, even when they believed it should be reported to authorities.

In the U.S., 73.8% of surveyed IT/security professionals reported being pressured to keep a breach confidential, even when they believed it should be reported to authorities.

In the U.K., 58.1% of surveyed IT/security professionals reported being pressured to keep a breach confidential, even when they believed it should be reported to authorities.

In Germany, 48.4% of surveyed IT/security professionals reported being pressured to keep a breach confidential, even when they believed it should be reported to authorities.

In Singapore, 75.7% (highest rate of all regions) of surveyed IT/security professionals reported being pressured to keep a breach confidential, even when they believed it should be reported to authorities.

In France, 35.4% (lowest rate) of surveyed IT/security professionals reported being pressured to keep a breach confidential, even when they believed it should be reported to authorities.

32% of healthcare organizations suffered a breach in the past 12 months.

Despite the rise in API security incidents, the number of breaches dropped from 18 to 93.