Ransomware vs Data Breach

Cloud-related threats (40%), third-party breaches (34%), and ransomware (33%) rank after AI as major preparedness gaps.

49% of organizations that experienced or suspected a deepfake attack also experience follow-on cyberattacks such as ransomware.

Ransomware attacks on manufacturers have more than doubled since 2023.

The average manufacturing or distribution ransomware victim scores 0.552 on the RSI.

In the first half of 2026, ransomware attacks on manufacturers increased nearly 40% year over year.

83% of organizations fell victim to a successful ransomware attack in the last 24 months, up from 66% in 2024.

Of organizations hit by ransomware, 75% experience multiple service interruptions.

83% of technology leaders view backup storage as the last line of defense against ransomware.

Twelve vulnerabilities carry confirmed "multi-nexus" attribution, being independently exploited across five distinct threat categories (China, Russia, DPRK, Iran-nexus, and criminal actors).

More than half of mid-market ransomware victims generate less than $50M in annual revenue.

Mid-market organizations accounted for approximately 72–75% of ransomware victims each year.

Compromised credentials accounted for 67% of ransomware intrusions investigated by Beazley Security, down from 74% in Q1.

Public ransomware leak-site postings totaled 2,268, remaining nearly 60% above Q2 2025.

73% of ransomware attacks in North America and Europe hit companies with $10M to $1B in annual revenue from 2023 through the first half of 2026.

27% of healthcare organizations cite cybersecurity threats and ransomware as the #1 network challenge, 23% cite staffing shortages and lack of expertise, 20% cite rising operational and compliance costs, 16% cite network reliability impacting clinical systems, and 15% cite aging or fragmented infrastructure.

About half of organisations have fully implemented data classification policies (49%) and data loss prevention across key egress channels (48%).

Among healthcare organizations that experience an identity-related incident, 33% incur costs above $250,000, compared with 21% in other industries.

At least 21% of users are logging in with a credential that has appeared in a known data breach.

62% of UK organisations experience material data loss, down from 74% in 2025.

Among UK organisations that experienced material data loss, post-attack recovery costs rose to 36% from 26% in 2025.

Among UK organisations that experienced material data loss, compromised insiders were the leading cause at 48%, with malicious or criminal insiders cited by 44% and careless insiders by 37%.

76% of organizations report their largest data loss event exceeded their Recovery Point Objective (RPO) targets.

In the second quarter (Q2) of 2026, analysis of publicly disclosed victim data and ransomware groups’ postings on Data Leak Sites (DLS) identified 1,140 ransomware incidents affecting industrial organizations worldwide, a 12% increase over the 1,020 incidents recorded in Q1.

In the past 12 months, 27% of organizations reported data breaches tied to AI use.

Sensitive information disclosure ranks as the second biggest LLM threat for a second consecutive year.

11% of reported cybercrime cases in Africa in 2025 involved data breaches.

The global breach average is $4.99 million.

AI-enabled malicious breaches increased by 56% over the previous year.

Financial services breaches cost on average $6.3 million.

73% of organizations have found their workforce’s credentials in breach, Dark Web, or infostealer data in the past year