The AI-powered capabilities viewed as essential for private 5G networks are: Predictive threat intelligence (58%), Continuous, adaptive authentication (52%), Zero trust enforcement (47%), Self-healing networks featuring AI automation (41%).

54% say they Ensure compliance with data privacy regulations like GDPR to safeguard AI use for traffic monitoring/analysis are.

51% of IT and cybersecurity professionals say they encrypt data at rest and in transit to safeguard AI use for traffic monitoring/analysis are.

The most frequently cited challenges in deploying AI security to private 5G networks are: High costs (47%), Concerns over false positives/negatives (44%), A lack of internal expertise (37%).

54% say they Ensure compliance with data privacy regulations like GDPR to safeguard AI use for traffic monitoring/analysis are.

50% of IT and cybersecurity professionals say they Deploy strict access controls for AI models to safeguard AI use for traffic monitoring/analysis are.

44% of IT and cybersecurity professionals say they use data anonymisation techniques to safeguard AI use for traffic monitoring/analysis are.

Responsibility for CT security often lies with the CTO (43%) and CIO (32%).

51% of IT and cybersecurity professionals say they encrypt data at rest and in transit to safeguard AI use for traffic monitoring/analysis are.

Brands are popular in passwords, with "Google" appearing in 25.9 million entries, "Facebook" in 18.7 million, "Kia" in 12.7 million.

The sequence “1234” appears in almost 4% of all passwords, which is over 727 million passwords.

Popular pop culture terms used in passwords include “Mario” (9.6 million), “Joker” (3.1 million), “Batman” (3.9 million), “Thor” (6.2 million), and “Elsa” (2.9 million).

Credential-stuffing attacks, while seemingly inefficient, have a success rate between 0.2% and 2.0%, which makes them highly profitable as hackers test millions of credentials to yield thousands of compromised accounts.

Positive words in passwords were common: “love” (87 million), “sun” (34 million), “dream” (6.1 million), “joy” (6.9 million), and “freedom” (2 million).

"Ana" was the most popular name component, used in almost 1%, or 178.8 million passwords. It also appears in words like “banana” (used in 3.7 million passwords).

Months are popular in passwords, with "May" appearing in 28 million entries and "April" in 5.2 million.

Almost a third (27%) of the analysed passwords consisted of only lowercase letters and digits.

Animals are common in passwords: "lion" (9.8 million), "fox" (7.8 million).

Of 479 ransomware attacks logged in April 2025, 39 attacks were confirmed by the targeted entity through means such as a data breach notification or press release.

Religious terms are popular in passwords, with “god” appearing in 24 million entries, “hell” in 20 million.