{
  "id": 1380732,
  "title": "Cost of a Data Breach Reaches Record $5 Million on Average",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/cost-of-a-data-breach-reaches-record-5-million-on-average",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Insurance Journal",
    "slug": "insurance-journal",
    "url": "https://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/mag-features/2026/08/17/881426.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "By Chad Hemenway Artificial intelligence has “radically shifted” the cyber risk landscape, and the average cost of a data breach has reached a record of nearly $5 million. According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, cyberattackers are using …",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}