Report by Bitsight

2025 State of the Underground

6 FINDINGSPublished May 7, 2025
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Key Findings

14.5 million compromised credit cards listed on underground markets in 2024. This represents a 20% increase over 2023

Credit cards

There was a 43% increase in data breach data shared on underground forums in 2024.

Data breachSensitive informationUnderground forumsDark web

There was a 25% increase in ransomware attacks in 2024.

Ransomware

There was a 53% increase in the number of ransomware group leak sites in 2024.

Ransomware Leak site

Nearly 20% of data breach victims were U.S. organizations.

Data breachUS

2.9 billion unique sets of compromised credentials identified in 2024. This is an increase from 2.2 billion in 2023.

Credentials