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Of course, no company has a fail-safe method of data protection and the consequences of a leak can be severe. As well as the negative effect on public image and reputation, this infographic shows the average monetary cost of a data breach.

As reported by IBM Security and the Ponemon Institute, the costs are the highest in the U.S. with the average incident coming with a price tag of $7.91 million.

Although one may assume that such leaks are always caused by criminal activity, 25 percent of the cases examined were actually due to human error.

This post originally appeared on the blog of data firm Statista and is republished here with permission.