In 2017, nearly 3 billion records were leaked in publicly disclosed incidents, and the associated costs rose by over 6 percent. The cost of a data breach has increased by more than a quarter in the past year. The research was carried out by the International Institute of Technology and the Institute of Science and Technology (IBM) in partnership with the institute of Science & Technology (ISNU) in the Netherlands. The study looked at the cost of data breaches in the United States, Europe and Asia.”]
Source: https://securityintelligence.com/events/whats-the-true-cost-of-a-data-breach/