They are less corroborated than the beat average, carrying 2.5 original sources each against 3.5 for the same window. Of the tracked stories, 1 of 4 also mention AI, the most common co-covered peer. The 38-day window averages about 0.7 stories each week.
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What the coverage shows about IBM
They are less corroborated than the beat average, carrying 2.5 original sources each against 3.5 for the same window. Of the tracked stories, 1 of 4 also mention AI, the most common co-covered peer. The 38-day window averages about 0.7 stories each week. Coverage clusters in data-breach, which accounts for 2 of those 4, with the remainder spread across 1 other category. Their average consequence score of 6.5 runs below the beat's 6.7 for that window. IBM appears in 4 tracked Cybersecurity stories published from June 28, 2026 through August 4, 2026.
Stories tracked
4
Per week
0.7
Sources per story
2.5
Computed from the 4 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 240 Cybersecurity stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
Coverage cohort
Appears alongside
Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering IBM. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
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