Europe
We've curated 96 cybersecurity statistics about Europe to help you understand how data protection laws and emerging threats are shaping the cybersecurity landscape across the continent in 2025.
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Understaffing in European cybersecurity roles is 48%, which is 14 percentage points higher than in the rest of the world.
Across organizations in Europe, LinkedIn is the most commonly used personal app at 89%, followed by Google Drive at 84% and ChatGPT at 82%.
Across organizations in Europe, GitHub and Microsoft OneDrive are the most abused platforms for malware distribution, each impacting 10% of organizations.
89% of users in Europe are interacting with AI applications that rely on user data for training.
About 99% of organizations in Europe use AI.
In Europe, 15% of data policy violations across AI and personal cloud applications involved source code.
In Europe, 12% of data policy violations across AI and personal cloud applications involved passwords and API keys.
In Europe, Individual user AI adoption increased from 35% to 65%.
The share of users who switch between personal and enterprise accounts grew from 7% to 15% in Europe.
In Europe, 13% of data policy violations across AI and personal cloud applications involved intellectual property.
In Europe, 59% of data policy violations across AI and personal cloud applications involve regulated data.
64% of users are using AI applications directly, while an even larger share (95%) are using applications that incorporate AI-powered features indirectly in Europe.
71% of European IT professionals believe the cyber capabilities of nation-state 71% actors have the potential to instigate a full-scale cyberwar that could cripple critical infrastructure worldwide.
86% of IT decision makers in Europe are concerned about the impact of cyberwarfare on their organization as a whole.
43% of respondents across Europe say that the cyberwarfare threat is imminent and that they have had to report an act of cyberwarfare to authorities.
North America was the most affected region by ransomware in March 2026, accounting for 55% of reported incidents, followed by Europe at 24% and APAC at 12%.
The top Russian-targeted EU countries in the last 12 months were Italy (18%), France (11%), and Spain (9%).
Europe and North America both experienced notable increases in the number of attacks compared to February 2025, with +11% and +9% growth respectively.
There is greater than a 70% probability that an initial DDoS attack is followed by at least one additional attack.
Active DDoS attacks were observed 88% of the time, equating to 322 days per year when systems in the Link11 network are targeted.