Verizon Data Breach Report 2025

Verizon Data Breach Report 2025. In the 17th edition of the data breach investigations report, verizon researchers and their partners analyzed 30,458 security incidents. Ransomware and the meteoric rise of extortion techniques accounted for a third (32%) of all breaches.

Verizon has released its data breach investigations report (dbir) for 2025, finding that ransomware and related extortion attacks were responsible for 32% of all breaches last year. A new high record of 10,626 incidents were confirmed as data.