{
 "title": "UK Data Breach Cost 2026: The Real Pound Figure",
 "url": "https://www.servnetuk.com/research/uk-data-breach-cost-index-2026",
 "publisher": "Servnet Research",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0 — free to reuse with attribution",
 "collected": "2026-07-20",
 "records": [
  {
   "metric": "UK average breach cost (all sectors)",
   "value": "£3.29 million",
   "source": "gdprcourse.co.uk (IBM)"
  },
  {
   "metric": "UK financial services breach cost",
   "value": "£5.74 million",
   "source": "gdprcourse.co.uk (IBM)"
  },
  {
   "metric": "UK AI/automated breach cost",
   "value": "£3.11 million",
   "source": "gdprcourse.co.uk (IBM)"
  },
  {
   "metric": "UK non-automated breach cost",
   "value": "£3.78 million",
   "source": "gdprcourse.co.uk (IBM)"
  },
  {
   "metric": "UK SME 95th percentile breach cost (overall)",
   "value": "£4,000",
   "source": "microbyte.com (DSIT)"
  },
  {
   "metric": "UK SME 95th percentile breach cost (medium/large)",
   "value": "£10,000",
   "source": "microbyte.com (DSIT)"
  },
  {
   "metric": "UK significant cyber attack average cost",
   "value": "£194,729",
   "source": "gov.uk"
  },
  {
   "metric": "US average breach cost (2026)",
   "value": "$10.22 million",
   "source": "cnicsolutions.com (IBM)"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Global average breach cost (2025)",
   "value": "$4.44 million",
   "source": "cnicsolutions.com (IBM)"
  },
  {
   "metric": "UK breach cost in USD (2025)",
   "value": "$4.14 million",
   "source": "cnicsolutions.com (IBM)"
  }
 ]
}