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In 2018, company data breaches cost victims around the world an average of $3.86 million. A data breach is a broad term that applies when sensitive data is released to untrusted sources through hacks, leaks, or other means of losing or exposing the data. Data breaches can be caused by dozens of different things, including theft of devices containing sensitive information, payment fraud, unintended disclosure by employees, or deliberate internal attacks. Of course, data breaches are not 100% preventable — leaks often occur without an organization’s knowledge, and can take months to detect.