42 Daunting Hacking Statistics in 2026

Whether you’re a developer, website owner, business owner, or individual, website hacking statistics are alarming. Pretty much every kind of technology can be hacked in one form or another, so it’s important to understand the data behind these threats.

Cybercrime is the greatest threat to every company in the world.

Cybersecurity seems to be a daily struggle for a lot of businesses. Shockingly, statistics show that many companies have unprotected data, or don’t have anywhere near the level of security required.

Workplaces, mobile phones, and other technologies are seeing an increase in hacking and breached data. In order to join the fight against hackers and cybercrime, it’s imperative people are cybersecurity aware and understand how to prevent it.

General Hacking Statistics

• In the first half of 2019, data breaches exposed 4.1 billion records (RiskBased)
• 68% of businesses feel their risk of being hacked or a victim of cybercrime is increasing (Accenture)
• Every 39 seconds there is a hacker attack (Security magazine)
• Cybercrime is thought to be more profitable than the global illegal drug trade (Cybersecurity Ventures)
• Every second a hacker steals 75 records (Breach Level Index)
• 80% of hackers said humans are responsible for security breaches (Thycotic.com)
• In 2018, white hat hackers earned over £19 million in bounties (HackerOne)

Worldwide Hacking Statistics

• In 2019, the U.S.’s cybersecurity budget was £12 billion (Statista)
• In the U.S., there are over 715,000 cybersecurity experts employed (Cyberseek)
• In just 18 minutes, Russian hackers can infiltrate an entire computer network (Crowdstrike)
• 71% of Americans say they fear hackers will steal their credit card information (Statista)
• 67% of Americans worry about identity theft (Statista)
• There were over 444,259 ransomware attacks in 2018 worldwide (Statista)

Financial Hacking Statistics

• On the dark market, you can buy an eCommerce account for £0.80 (RSA)
• You can buy a bank account for around £2.50-£19 on the dark market (RSA)
• There are more than 6,000 marketplaces selling ransomware products and services (McAfee)
• In 2018, hackers siphoned off £10.6 million from Cosmos Bank in India (Hindustan Times)
• In 2018, cybercrime cost the world almost £475 billion (McAfee)

Dark Web Statistics

• 68% of black hat hackers report that multi-factor authentication is their biggest obstacle (Thycotic)
• You can buy a Netflix account on the dark market for around £0.99 (Wondershare)
• 92% of ATMs are vulnerable to hackers (PTSecurity)
• You can buy the WinPot malware for 1 bitcoin (Securelist)
• On the dark market, you can become an American citizen for £4,755 (Blackhat)
• You can buy a fake passport, driving licence and ID card from various countries for 700-900 Euro (Blackhat)

Data Breach Statistics

• In 2017, Yahoo admitted to data breaches causing 3 billion accounts to be compromised (CSO)
• Equifax reports 209,000 payment card numbers and expiry dates were stolen (Reuters)
• Marriot International reported in 2018 that attackers had remained in their system since 2014 with 500 million users’ data stolen (CSO)
• Hackers, The Carbanak gang, stole over £800,000 in total (Kaspersky)
• Since 2018, security breaches have increased by 11% (Accenture)
• On average, hackers attack 2,244 times a day (University of Maryland)
• From breach to containment, the average lifecycle is 314 days (IBM)
• 83% of enterprise workloads moved to the cloud by 2020 (Forbes)
• Uber tried to pay off hackers to keep the breach quiet of 57 million users’ stolen data (Bloomberg)
• Under Armour’s My Fitness Pal app was hacked and affected 150 million users (Under Armour)

Business Hacking Statistics

• 65% of companies say they have more than 1,000 stale accounts (Varonis)
• 75% of all businesses who have been attacked reported fraudulent emails (Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018)
• Companies on average only protect 3% of their folders (Varonis)
• 15% of U.K. businesses lost control of a network by a hacker (Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018)
• 43% of U.K. businesses have reported a cybersecurity threat in the last 12 months (Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018)
• Until March 2019 there were more than 14 billion data records lost or stolen (Breach Level Index)