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IBM X-Force 2026 Threat Index

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IBM's annual report confirms AI-driven attack acceleration: 44% increase in attacks on public-facing applications, vulnerability exploitation now #1 attack cause (40% of incidents), supply chain compromises nearly 4x since 2020, 300,000+ ChatGPT credentials exposed via infostealer malware, 32% of vulns exploited on or before CVE publication. (IBM Newsroom)

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