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Defenders fall behind, as AI rewrites the rules of a data breach

·Source: Graham Cluley

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Executive Summary

For almost 20 years, stolen credentials have been the most common route for attackers into organizations, according to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). But that's no longer the case. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.

Analysis

For almost 20 years, stolen credentials have been the most common route for attackers into organizations, according to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). But that's no longer the case. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.
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Originally published by Graham Cluley on May 21, 2026.

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