Cyber Incident
We've curated 44 cybersecurity statistics about cyber incidents to help you understand how breaches, attacks, and vulnerabilities are impacting organizations and shaping security practices in 2025.
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Over 70% of healthcare organizations reported significant financial, operational, or clinical disruptions due to cyber threats in the past year.
90% of CISOs say their role may be at risk to some degree if a breach were to occur.
33% of CISOs rank external threats as their number-one stressor.
54% of CISOs lack standardized, business-relevant metrics.
59% of healthcare organizations faced clinical consequences from cyber incidents, including delayed treatments and compromised patient trust.
38% of all reported cyber incidents in the EU in 2024 targeted the public administration sector.
58% of CISOs say incidents occurred even though their security tools were in place.
72% of healthcare organizations experienced a moderate to severe financial impact from cyber incidents in the past two years.
13% of CISOs oversee 50 or more security tools.
69% of cyber incidents in 2024 targeted central governments in the EU.
60% of all reported cyber incidents in 2024 were Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks.
71% of higher education institutions demonstrate confidence, saying their school is prepared for a major cyber incident.
73% of U.S. CISOs reported facing a significant cyber incident in the past six months.
Hacktivists were responsible for nearly 63% of cyber incidents in the EU in 2024.
Boards most often ask CISOs for the following metrics: risk-reduction trendlines (51%), quantified business impact (47%), and incident-response performance metrics (40%).
Data breaches accounted for 17.4% of cyber incidents affecting public administration in the EU in 2024.
65% of CISOs manage 20 or more security tools.
Nearly three in four companies report that the impact of cyber incidents in the past year has been severe or moderate.
Public Administration was the most targeted sector in the EU, accounting for just over 38% of incidents.
Top Shares of Recorded Incidents by Sector in the EU: 38.2%: Public Administration, 28.5%: Unknown, 7.5%: Transport (second most targeted sector), 4.8%: Finance, 4.5%: Energy, 2.9%: Education, 2.3%: Health, 2.2%: Digital Infrastructure & Services, 1.7%: Manufacturing, 1.2%: Media & Entertainment.