August 2026 Cyber Threat Landscape: GenAI Data Exposure Emerges as a New Enterprise Risk as Attacks, Phishing, and Ransomware Accelerate

Key takeaways GenAI usage continued to grow, with the average user generating 106 prompts in August, up from 95 in July and around 78 in June, while high-risk prompts remained present at 1 in every 43 prompts. Although August recorded the lowest high-risk GenAI prompt rate in several months, 86% of regular GenAI-using organizations were still affected by high-risk prompt activity, showing that data exposure remains a persistent governance challenge. By industry, Healthcare & Medical recorded the highest GenAI prompt exposure rate at 4% (1 in 25 prompts), followed by Software and Business Servi