Cybersecurity statistics / Benchmarks
What share of organisations experienced a ransomware attack?
4 published sources answer this. They report between 24% and 78%, with a median of 67%. The figures differ because the surveys cover different organisations and define the question in slightly different ways, so the spread matters as much as the middle.
Last updated 2026-07-25. 4 publishers, reporting between 2025-10-01 and 2026-04-28. Every figure below was checked by hand against its source.
What each source reports
| Figure | Source | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 24% | In 2025, 24% of organizations reported being the victim of a ransomware attack (vs 18.6% reported in 2024). | 2025-10-01 |
| 64% | 64% of organizations experienced a ransomware attack in the past year. | 2026-04-28 |
| 70% | 70% of organizations experienced ransomware incidents in the last year | 2025-10-13 |
| 78% | 78% of organizations experienced a ransomware attack in the preceding 12 months | 2025-10-21 |
How this page is put together
Candidate figures are gathered automatically from the database each week, then each one is read and either accepted or rejected before it appears here. A figure is rejected when it answers a different question, for example a single sector or country, a consequence of an attack, or a rate among victims rather than among all organisations.
Only one figure per publisher is used, the most recent. Cite the original publisher rather than this page: every source is linked above.
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