Cybersecurity statistics / API Attacks
| Publisher | Salt Security |
| Report | The State of AI and API Security: Navigating the Agentic Era |
| Published | 8 April 2026 |
| Topics | API Attacks, Authentication Abuse, API Security |
Published by Salt Security in The State of AI and API Security: Navigating the Agentic Era, 8 April 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.
3 sources answer what share of organisations have deployed multi-factor authentication. They report between 40% and 66%, with a median of 60%.
See all 3 sources| 18% of boards and executive teams are extremely confident in their ability to detect API attacks leveraging Generative AI Salt Security, 27/05/2026 |
| 87% of surveyed organizations reported experiencing an API-related security incident in 2025. 2026 SOTI Security report Convergence crisis: AI attacks move from web apps to APIs to DDoS, 27/05/2026 |
| The average number of daily API attacks rose 113% year over year. 2026 SOTI Security report Convergence crisis: AI attacks move from web apps to APIs to DDoS, 27/05/2026 |
| API attacks increased by 41% due to the rise of agentic AI relying heavily on APIs. Palo Alto Networks, 01/01/2026 |
| 31% of security and IT leaders identify agentic/API logic failures as security incidents tied to AI systems. ExtraHop, 28/06/2026 |
| More than 1 in 7 organizations expose API documentation to the internet. Intruder, 27/05/2026 |
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