Ransomware Now Shows Up in Nearly Half of All Breaches: A Survival Playbook for Lean Security Teams
Cyble reports 5,967 ransomware attacks in 2025, up 50%, accounting for nearly half of all tracked breaches.
Cyble's Global Cybersecurity Report 2025 documented 5,967 ransomware attacks, a 50% year-over-year jump. Against 6,046 data breaches and leaks recorded in the same period, ransomware accounted for 49.7% of the combined total. The blog lays out an incident response playbook for lean security teams facing this dominant threat.
- 5,967 ransomware attacks recorded in 2025, up 50% year-over-year
- Ransomware drove 49.7% of combined ransomware-and-breach total
- 6,046 data breaches and leaks tracked in the same period
- Blog provides incident response planning guidance for lean teams
From the original article
Ransomware stopped being an isolated incident type in 2025. It became the dominant force behind the modern breach landscape, and the ransomware data breach statistics from Cyble's own tracking make the shift impossible to ignore. For organizations facing this growing threat, having a ransomware incident response plan in place is becoming just as important as preventing an attack in the first place.
By Ashish Khaitan · cyble.com
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