IBM report: in 2021, the average data breach costs companies $4.24M to remedy, up 10% YoY; “mega” breaches involving 50M+ consumer records can cost $401M (Charlie Osborne/ZDNet)

Charlie Osborne / ZDNet:
IBM report: in 2021, the average data breach costs companies $4.24M to remedy, up 10% YoY; “mega” breaches involving 50M+ consumer records can cost $401M  —  IBM research estimates that the average data breach now costs upward of $4 million.  —  The average cost of a data breach …