Verizon DBIR Tracks AI-Scaled Breaches

Verizon’s 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report finds that attackers are using generative AI to accelerate familiar techniques while increasingly targeting mobile channels, vulnerabilities, employees, and third parties.

The report links human involvement to most breaches, identifies vulnerability exploitation as the leading initial access vector, and finds ransomware and vendor involvement remain widespread. Together, the findings show that organizations face faster attacks across technical infrastructure, phone-based interactions, workforce processes, and external service providers.