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.

45% of employees trust AI more than their coworkers.

42% of security professionals knowingly use AI against company policy.

34% of the U.S. workforce would quit their jobs if their employer banned AI.

87% of workers noted their employer has an AI policy.

38% of the U.S. workforce would rather have an AI manager than a person.

28% of the workforce have admitted to using AI to access sensitive data.

34% of C-suite executives aren't entirely sure they can tell the difference between an AI agent and a real employee.

A third of workers in the finance industry say they've used AI to access restricted data.

Over a third of business leaders (38%) admit they don't know what an AI agent is.

In the security industry, 58% of workers say they trust AI more than colleagues.

In the healthcare industry, only 55% of workers follow their organisation's AI policy.

Data exfiltration was a factor in 74% of all ransomware cases in Q2 2025.

The overall rate of organizations paying ransoms in Q2 2025 held steady at 26%.

Mid-sized companies (defined as 11 to 1,000 employees) constituted 64% of ransomware victims in Q2 2025.

When combined with configuration and deployment errors, security breaches account for 34% of outages.

In the 1980s, security breaches and cyberattacks were responsible for 50% of the 6 outages recorded during that decade.