{
    "statement": "of security incidents involved shadow AI (staff using unapproved AI tools), up from 20% a year earlier",
    "value_display": "43%",
    "value_numeric": 43,
    "unit": "%",
    "data_label": "Breaches Mar 2025 to Feb 2026",
    "data_period_end": "2026-02-28",
    "region": "Global",
    "size": "all",
    "source": {
        "name": "Cost of a Data Breach Report",
        "publisher": "IBM (research by Ponemon Institute)",
        "type": "vendor",
        "url": "https://www.ibm.com/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://www-api.ibm.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:21111142-1251-4369-86fb-57b82f5bb108/original/as/Cost%20of%20a%20Data%20Breach%20Report%202026.pdf",
    "source_quote": "Security incidents involving an organization’s shadow AI—where workers use unapproved AI—more than doubled to 43% this year from 20% last year.",
    "verification_note": "Read in the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026 PDF (IBM asset server). p.47. New stat.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": null,
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/cybersecurity/shadow-ai-share-of-security-incidents",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/cybersecurity/shadow-ai-share-of-security-incidents.csv"
}