{"id":816892,"date":"2026-06-01T20:29:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/?p=816892"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:29:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:29:01","slug":"nearly-1-in-3-business-data-breaches-now-involve-third-parties-and-solo-online-operators-are-among-the-least-prepared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/nearly-1-in-3-business-data-breaches-now-involve-third-parties-and-solo-online-operators-are-among-the-least-prepared_816892.html","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 1 in 3 Business Data Breaches Now Involve Third Parties – and Solo Online Operators Are Among the Least Prepared"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“We built it for the person running the whole business from one laptop,” H\u00fcbner added. “Fifteen actions, five categories, no jargon. Anyone can work through it in an afternoon.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
New analysis of 2025 security data from IM Dominator highlights the growing risk of forgotten SaaS integrations, AI tools, and connected-app permissions. The company is releasing a free 15-point checklist for marketers and affiliates who run everything from one laptop with no IT team.<\/div>\n

Breaches that reach a business through trusted third-party relationships — including SaaS vendors, integrations, AI tools, and “Connect with Google” style app permissions — have become a much larger risk, according to a new roundup of 2025 industry data compiled by IM Dominator. Third-party involvement now appears in 30% of breaches, up from 15% the year before<\/strong>, based on the 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report.<\/p>\n

The analysis argues that small online businesses — affiliates, course creators, newsletter operators, and solo agencies — face the same connected-app exposure<\/a> as large companies but have the fewest resources to manage it. While stolen credentials remain the single most common way attackers get in (22% of breaches<\/strong>, per Verizon), the report highlights how a single compromised integration can cascade: in the 2025 Salesloft–Drift incident, attackers reached more than 700 organizations<\/strong> by riding stolen authorization tokens from one connected app, without breaching those organizations directly.<\/p>\n

“Most online business owners still think security means a stronger password,” said Benjamin Hübner, founder of IM Dominator. “The data says the bigger risk is the dozen apps they connected years ago and forgot about. You don’t have a hacker problem — you have an old-access problem. And the good news is it takes an afternoon to fix.”<\/p>\n

The compiled figures point to a widening gap between risk and readiness. IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report found that unmanaged “shadow AI” tools added roughly $670,000<\/strong> to the average breach, with the vast majority of AI-related incidents lacking basic access controls. Separately, a 2026 analysis from DoControl found that about 40% of “edit” actions inside Google Drive<\/strong> are now performed by non-human identities — automations and AI agents acting under a user’s permissions — a category most small operators never think to review.<\/p>\n

To help non-technical business owners close the most common gaps, IM Dominator is making its 15-Point <\/strong>AI Security Checklist<\/a> available free. The checklist covers five categories and fifteen concrete actions — starting with auditing and revoking unused connected-app permissions — and is written for people with no IT background.<\/p>\n

“We built it for the person running the whole business from one laptop,” Hübner added. “Fifteen actions, five categories, no jargon. Anyone can work through it in an afternoon.”<\/p>\n

Free <\/strong>15-Point AI Security Checklist<\/a> download avaiable here! <\/strong><\/p>\n

Media Contact<\/span>
Company Name:<\/strong> IM Dominator – Simpletradery Pte Ltd<\/a>
Contact Person:<\/strong> Benjamin Huebner
Email:<\/strong> Send Email<\/a>
Phone:<\/strong> 015782342523
Address:<\/strong>NORTH BRIDGE ROAD #B1-35, HIGH STREET CENTRE
City:<\/strong> Singapore
Country:<\/strong> Singapore
Website:<\/strong> https:\/\/quicksnappro.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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