Average cost of data breaches in India hits $2.18 million: RBI report

The average cost of data breaches in India reached $2.18 million in 2023, marking a 28 per cent increase since 2020, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Currency and Finance report for 2023-24.

The report said that India’s average data breach cost was still below the global average. The most common attacks in India are phishing which was at 22 per cent and stolen or compromised credentials was 16 per cent.