{
    "statement": "of ransomware victims with a known size were small or mid-size businesses (under 1,000 employees)",
    "value_display": "96%",
    "value_numeric": 96,
    "unit": "%",
    "data_label": "Nov 2024 to Oct 2025",
    "data_period_end": "2025-10-31",
    "region": "Global",
    "size": "small",
    "source": {
        "name": "Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR)",
        "publisher": "Verizon Business",
        "type": "vendor",
        "url": "https://www.verizon.com/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/T544/reports/2026-dbir-data-breach-investigations-report.pdf",
    "source_quote": "Of the Ransomware cases where we have information on the organization size, we found that about 96% of Ransomware victims were SMBs.",
    "verification_note": "Read in the Verizon 2026 DBIR PDF on verizon.com. SMB section p.98. DBIR defines SMB as fewer than 1,000 employees. New stat.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": null,
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/cybersecurity/ransomware-victims-that-are-smb",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/cybersecurity/ransomware-victims-that-are-smb.csv"
}