Cybersecurity statistics / Account Takeover
| Publisher | LexisNexis® Risk Solutions |
| Report | Evolving Threats Beneath The Surface |
| Published | 8 April 2026 |
| Topics | Account Takeover, Authentication |
Published by LexisNexis® Risk Solutions in Evolving Threats Beneath The Surface, 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| 82% of IAM leaders and stakeholders at financial services firms are confident their current controls can mitigate account takeover risk. Secret Double Octopus, 12/07/2026 |
| 62.1% of attempted misuse cases involved new account applications, and 37.9 percent involved attempted account takeovers. Identity Theft Resource Center, 15/06/2026 |
| 34% of companies experience at least one account takeover incident every month. Barracuda, 27/05/2026 |
| A single low-cost device model drove 3% of all mobile account takeover attempts. NICE Actimize, 27/05/2026 |
| Financial services accounted for 24% of all bot attacks and 46% of account takeover incidents. Thales, 27/05/2026 |
| EMEA's fraud attack rate increased 27% year over year. LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, 27/05/2026 |
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