Official dataAll sizesUSA
3,611
ransomware complaints filed with the FBI in 2025, with $32.3 million in reported losses that exclude downtime and recovery
Vendor dataUpdated 23 Oct 2026
48%of data breaches involved ransomware, up from 44% the year before
48% of data breaches involved ransomware, up from 44% the year before (Nov 2024 to Oct 2025, Verizon Business, Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR))
Vendor dataChecked at source, 23 Oct 2026All sizesGlobalCyber security · Ransomware
What shows up in data breaches
| Group | Share of breaches |
|---|---|
| Human element | 62% |
| Ransomware | 48% |
| Third party involved | 48% |
In plain words
What this number really says
48% of data breaches involved ransomware, up from 44% the year before (Nov 2024 to Oct 2025).
48%
the latest figure (Nov 2024 to Oct 2025)
Vendor data
type of source
Why you can trust it. Verizon Business, Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR): vendor data, a company measuring its own customers or panel. 31,861 incidents, 22,625 confirmed breaches in 145 countries, 1 Nov 2024 to 31 Oct 2025, from Verizon and partner contributors.
Key facts
- Period Nov 2024 to Oct 2025
- Region Global
- Company size All sizes
- Next data 31 May 2027
Source: Verizon Business, Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), Nov 2024 to Oct 2025
Method and use
How it was measured, and how to use it
How it was measured
- Publisher
- Verizon Business, Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR)
- Source type
- Vendor data: A company measuring its own customers or panel
- What it measures
- 48% of data breaches involved ransomware, up from 44% the year before
- Data period
- Nov 2024 to Oct 2025 (ends 31 Oct 2025)
- Published by the source
- 19 May 2026
- Who is counted
- 31,861 incidents, 22,625 confirmed breaches in 145 countries, 1 Nov 2024 to 31 Oct 2025, from Verizon and partner contributors.
- In the source's words
Ransomware grew again to 48% of all breaches, up from 44% from the previous year.
- Checked at source
- 23 Oct 2026: Read in the Verizon 2026 DBIR PDF on verizon.com. p.11. Matches data.js.
- Reuse
- Copyright Verizon. Statistics may be cited as "Verizon 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report" if not modified.. Verizon allows citing statistics unmodified with the citation above and a link to verizon.com/dbir; paraphrasing requires their review; pie charts from DBIR data are forbidden. Use bar, column or table only.
- Next expected update
- 31 May 2027 (Verizon Business, yearly, spring)
- Original page
- www.verizon.com: Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR)
- Data files
- CSV · JSON (stable links)
Full change log
No changes recorded yet. First checked at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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Verizon Business. (2026). 48% of data breaches involved ransomware, up from 44% the year before. Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/cybersecurity/breaches-involving-ransomware
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"48% of data breaches involved ransomware, up from 44% the year before." Verizon Business, Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), Nov 2024 to Oct 2025. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/cybersecurity/breaches-involving-ransomware.
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48% of data breaches involved ransomware, up from 44% the year before, for Nov 2024 to Oct 2025, according to Verizon Business, Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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