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Loss statistics & trends

Aggregate analysis of the 115 documented AI-agent incidents in the database. Use these charts freely — the underlying data is CC BY 4.0 at /data/ai-agent-incidents.json.

Tracked loss exposure by year

Sum of point-loss figures for incidents with a reported dollar amount. Underestimates true exposure, since 84 of 115 incidents report no dollar figure.

Documented loss by year (USD)202466187620251315735620263425609861.51

Incidents by failure mode

Incidents by categoryRunaway loop13API cost spike13Data loss13Credential compromise13Unauthorized transact…13Coding agent failure11Hallucinated action11Prompt injection10Data exfiltration10Trading agent failure9Cloud cost spike9

Incidents by outcome

Incidents by outcomeFinancial loss57Data breach32Service disruption16Reputational damage12Legal / liability8

Incidents by agent type

Incidents by agent typeCoding54General32Trading17Customer service11Shopping6Research5

Incident volume by year

Incidents reported per year20161201712022120231202419202546202656

Volume rises with agent adoption; under-reporting is significant for older years.

Cite this data

The AI Agent Incident Database is maintained by sipi.bot and licensed CC BY 4.0. Recommended citation: sipi.bot, AI Agent Incident Database, v2026-10-09, https://sipi.bot/incidents/