In the last 16 months, nearly 70% of Europe's ransomware activity was concentrated in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Spain.

More than half of SafePay's ransomware activity in Europe targeted German organisations.

82% of German leaders say accelerating AI development takes priority over establishing data controls.

German aftermarket parts and distribution business had 1.4 TB of internal data advertised on underground forums in December 2025

Germany increased to 8.74%, becoming the third largest adversary infrastructure hosting location and overtaking both Hong Kong (7.22%) and the Netherlands (6.51%).

The regional average agreement across EMEA that public policy should mandate open source principles is 77%, with France at 70% and Germany at 72%.

87% of UK IT decision makers already use agentic AI systems, compared with 91% in France and 90% in Germany.

Ransomware victims concentrate geographically with the U.S. at 3,381, Canada at 374, and Germany at 291.

Around 60% of US organisations, around 60% of UK organisations and 54% of German organisations say legacy technology still forms a significant part of their operations

70% of German executives express confidence in policy frameworks, compared with 54% of US executives and 51% of UK executives

Overall visibility over where data is stored, processed and potentially accessible is 97% in Germany and 90% in both the Netherlands and Italy.

In 2025, the USA and Germany were #1 and #2 targets for breaches with physical consequences. Russia was #3.

The United States remains the most heavily targeted jurisdiction in leak site activity, followed by Canada, Germany, the UK, and other parts of Europe.

Canada accounted for 6% and Germany accounted for 4% of undisclosed ransomware attacks in 2025.

30% of German IT & security professionals believe that Mobile Device Management (MDM) does not fully protect their managed devices

Germany's Bundesagentur für Arbeit saw 181% growth in passkey authentications.

28% of cybersecurity professionals in Germany reported that their organizations are fully prepared to handle AI-enhanced attacks in 2025.

40% of German employees reported that they have worked on AI-based applications that their employers did not approve

In 2025, Germany experienced 102 ransomware incidents, representing 2.2% of all attacks.

4.89% of global ransomware victims (organizations and individuals) in Q3 2025 were from Germany.