Boston, MA, USA, 21st January 2026, CyberNewsWire

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Research analyzing 4,700 websites reveals that 64% of third-party applications access sensitive data without business justification, up 25% year-over-year. Government websites saw malicious activity increase from 2% to 12.9%, while education sites showed a fourfold increase in compromises. Common tools like Google Tag Manager, Shopify, and Facebook Pixel are frequently over-permissioned. Marketing and digital departments account for 43% of third-party risk, with compromised sites connecting to 2.7× more external domains than clean sites.

New Research Exposes Critical Gap: 64% of Third-Party Applications Access Sensitive Data Without Authorization