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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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North America had a 5.2% increase in fraud rates in the iGaming industry, from 1.16% in 2024 to 1.22% in 2025.

Sumsub6/24/2025
iGamingIdentity verification

50.6% of NA firms agree that banning communications channels, like WhatsApp and WeChat, is an effective compliance solution.

Global Relay6/5/2025
Financial Compliance

56.3% of North American (NA) firms have no plans to introduce AI for compliance in the next twelve months.

Global Relay6/5/2025
Financial Compliance

56.3% of North American (NA) firms have no plans to introduce AI for compliance in the next twelve months.

Global Relay6/5/2025
Financial Compliance

Only 19% of North American manufacturers cite regulatory requirements as a main driver for SRA implementation.

Cyolo5/28/2025
ManufacturingRemote access

North America remained the most targeted region in March. North America accounted for 48% of total global attacks and experienced 290 attacks.

NCC Group4/24/2025
Security incident

75% of all global cases took place in North America and Europe combined in March.

NCC Group4/24/2025
EuropeSecurity incident

In APAC, only 1% of threats are from internal actors, and North America, where internal threats account for just 5% of breaches.

Verizon4/23/2025
Insider threatAPAC

44% of North American organizations report improvements in productivity due to AI.

Exabeam4/22/2025
AIProductivity

APAC had the highest global phishing encounter rates, followed by EMEA and North America.

Lookout4/9/2025
PhishingAPAC

83% of all ransomware cases globally took place in North America and Europe in February 2025.

NCC Group3/19/2025
RansomwareEurope

North America accounted for 65% of total global ransomware attacks (574) in February 2025.

NCC Group3/19/2025
Ransomware

North America was consistently the most-targeted region during 2024, accounting for an average of approximately 58 percent of global R&DE attacks.

ZeroFox1/1/2025
R&DE

18% of those who always practiced privacy by design reported currently using AI for privacy-related tasks.

ISACA1/1/2025
PrivacyStaffing Retention

Akira averaged 19 attacks per month between January 2024 and November 2024. In December, the collective added at least 93 separate victims to their leak site, bringing their 2024 monthly average up to approximately 25. Throughout 2024, approximately 71 percent of Akira’s victims were based in North America, rising to approximately 81 percent in Q4 2024.

ZeroFox1/1/2025
R&DEAkira

15% of respondents in Europe and North America lack confidence in their country’s ability to respond to major cyber incidents targeting critical infrastructure.

World Economic Forum1/1/2025
ResilienceEurope

North America remained the most targeted region in December, accounting for 52% of ransomware attacks. The number of attacks in this region, however, decreased from 326 in November to 300 in December.

NCC Group1/1/2025
Ransomware

Play Ransomware conducted an average of 30 attacks per month, peaking in October 2024 with at least 52 attacks10. Approximately 89.9 percent of Play Ransomware's victims were based in North America10. 24.7% of Play Ransomware's victims were in the manufacturing industry and 17.5% were in the construction industry.

ZeroFox1/1/2025
R&DEPlay Ransomware