Summary Bullets:

• Fueled both by its lucrative results and AI-driven toolkits that lower the barrier of entry for enterprising yet inexperienced bad actors, ransomware incidents are soaring.

• In 2024, ransomware drove 44% of data breaches around the world and accounted for 54% of those in APAC, according to the 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR).

As is the case with any IT security breach, it is no longer a question of if but when an enterprise might be hit with ransomware. Motivated in large part by profit potential, cybercriminals are drawn to ransomware as a mechanism to extort money. As a result, ransomware incidents are on the rise with the 2025 Verizon DBIR finding the number has increased 37% in 2024 versus the prior year.

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