North America
We've curated 58 cybersecurity statistics about North America to help you understand how regional threats like phishing and ransomware are impacting businesses and individuals in 2025.
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In North America, 12% of breached organizations reported losses above $250,000 in the past year.
In North America, 24% of breached organizations reported losses of at least $100,000 in the past year.
Hands-on-keyboard intrusions against financial institutions spiked 43% globally and 48% in North America over the past two years.
In 2025, cybercriminal groups led threat activity in North America with 52%.
North America's overall fraud attack rate remains roughly 2.2%.
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%.
Europe and North America both experienced notable increases in the number of attacks compared to February 2025, with +11% and +9% growth respectively.
North America accounted for 57% of reported ransomware incidents, followed by Europe (17%) and APAC (17%)
North America accounted for 29% of total cases observed by IBM X‑Force.
North America became the most-attacked region for the first time in 6 years.
IT (38.24%) was the top industry targeted by phishing attacks in North America in 2025, followed by Financial Services (29.66%) and Internet Services (22.5%).
North America's share of total cases increased from 24% in 2024 to 29%.
North America accounted for 63.1% of all network-layer DDoS attacks globally, followed by the Middle East (16.1%) and Europe (13.7%).
North America accounted for 40.7% of malicious bot transactions, followed by APAC (25%), EMEA (19.1%) and Central and Latin America (15.2%).
Fraud rates dropped in Europe by 14.6% and in North America by 5.5%, while increasing by 9.3% in Africa, 16.4% in APAC, and 19.8% in the Middle East.
There was a 36% year-on-year increase in the number of firms capturing WhatsApp communications, with 89% of those firms based in North America.
The number of firms capturing ChatGPT data increased by almost 3,000% from 2024 to 2025, with all of these firms located in North America.
In North America and Europe, over 60% of websites lack any bot protection.
63% of organizations actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 certification are in North America.
North America accounts for nearly 90% of observed AI crawler traffic, receiving a heavy skew compared to other regions like Europe, Asia, and Latin America.