37% of entry-level professionals admitting they wouldn't feel guilty for violating AI policy.

In a severe, but plausible scenario (a 1-in-250-year tail event), global OT cyber losses could reach $329.5 billion, with $172.4 billion specifically from OT-related business interruption.

The average ransom payment in Q2 2025 rocketed to $1.13 million, marking a 104% increase from Q1 2025.

The median ransom payment in Q2 2025 reached $400,000, which is a 100% increase from Q1 2025.

More than half of the U.S. workforce (52%) are willing to break policy if AI makes their job easier.

35% of C-suite executives said they have submitted proprietary company information so AI could complete a task for them.

Security breaches are identified as one of the five most frequent root causes of major tech outages, collectively accounting for nearly 90% of all major outages alongside software bugs, configuration issues, database errors, and infrastructure failures.

In the healthcare industry, 27% would rather report to AI than a human supervisor

Sectors like energy and utilities face more security breaches compared to other types of failures

One-third (33%) of entry-level workers say they don't know what an AI agent is.

Security incidents have resulted in an estimated cumulative $29.4 billion in losses from the 38 incidents considered in the dataset.

Despite the percentage decrease, the number of major tech outages caused by security issues actually rose from 3 in the 1980s to 20 in the 2020s.

The three OT cybersecurity controls most correlated with risk reduction are: Incident Response Planning (up to 18.5% average risk reduction), Defensible Architecture (up to 17.09%), ICS Network Visibility and Monitoring (up to 16.47%).

In the finance industry, 60% of workers admit to violating AI rules.

28% of the workforce reveal they've submitted proprietary company information so AI could complete a task.

Indirect losses impact up to 70% of OT-related breaches.

The industries hit hardest by ransomware in Q2 2025 were Professional services: 19.7%, Healthcare: 13.7%, and Consumer services: 13.7%.

21% of entry-level workers say the rules are unclear, so they just do what works.

The top ransomware variants in Q2 2025 were: Akira (19%), Qilin (13%), and Lone Wolf (9%).

In the first half of the 2020s (so far), security issues are behind 24% of the 82 failures catalogued.