Ransomware
Statistics and intelligence on ransomware attacks, trends, and prevention strategies across global organizations.
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Of the 65 CVEs discussed by the BlackBasta ransomware group, 54 are Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEVs).
Australia and the United Kingdom recorded 110 and 42 disclosed ransomware attacks respectively in 2025.
The United States suffered 3,768 undisclosed ransomware incidents in 2025.
Canada accounted for 6% and Germany accounted for 4% of undisclosed ransomware attacks in 2025.
The Akira ransomware group was linked to 776 total recorded attacks in 2025.
Organizations across 135 countries, representing 69% of countries worldwide, were impacted by ransomware attacks in 2025.
Fifty-two new ransomware groups emerged in 2025, a 9% increase compared to 2024.
Undisclosed ransomware victims announced on dark web leak sites totaled 7,079 in 2025, a 37% increase compared to 2024.
Publicly disclosed ransomware increased by 49% year-on-year, reaching 1,174 incidents, nearly four times higher than in 2020.
The INC ransomware group claimed 66 victims in undisclosed activity in 2025.
The Play ransomware group accounted for 5% of disclosed ransomware attacks in 2025.
In 2025, 55% of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) in the US and UK reported that their organization experienced a cyberattack, ransomware infection, compromise, or data breach that rendered mobile, remote, or hybrid endpoint devices inoperable.
Nearly 40% of schools feel underprepared for ransomware in 2025
Half of school IT leaders view ransomware as a serious threat to learning continuity in 2025
There was a 264% increased surge of ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations.
66% of IT leaders view AI-generated attacks as the most significant threat to data security, surpassing ransomware at 50%.
72% of IT leaders support a ban on ransomware payments, with 51% strongly supporting it.
29% of global respondents ranked ransomware attacks and privacy breaches as their leading cyber concerns.
Between January 2022 and December 2024, FinCEN received 7,395 BSA reports related to 4,194 ransomware incidents, totaling more than $2.1 billion in ransomware payments.
67% of ransomware reports that provided the communication method indicated that threat actors communicated with their intended targets via messages sent over The Onion Router protocol.