95% of IT leaders say client and company data is at risk on email, according to Egress report. 83% of organizations have suffered data breaches via this channel in the last 12 months. Human error was at the root of nearly one-quarter of incidents, with 24% caused by an employee sharing data in error ‘ for example, sending an email containing sensitive data to the wrong recipient or attaching the wrong file. Egress interviewed 500 IT leaders and 3,000 remote-working employees in the US and UK across vertical sectors.
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/03/01/email-data-breaches/