Editor's Message

Welcome to DBD. On March 8th, DBD celebrated it's 5th anniversary and PRiSM celebrated it's 2nd anniversary. Little did I know when I started both of these ventures just how much an impact they would have on my life and I'd like to thank each and everyone of you who have supported me over the years, with a special thanks to those individuals who have kindly shared their knowledge with me, and continue to do so. Thanks again for your support. Stay safe. :)


“Data Breaches Digest and its PRiSM portal provide Dentons Global Security Team with valuable insights into the ransomware landscape, from the latest incidents to trends over time, as well as the ability to customize visual analytics. Timely reports and tracking by Data Breaches Digest help inform cyber intelligence for the world’s largest law firm and thus our cybersecurity posture across more than 80 countries worldwide.”
Dentons Senior Analyst, Washington DC



Ransomware Victims

Please find below a series of tables by year and month for the number of Data-Leaking Ransomware Victims, both globally and in the UK, claimed by Ransomware Operators, all of which are published in our PRiSM application, from 2019 to 2025 so far:-

2025
MONTH
GLOBAL
RANSOMWARE
VICTIMS
UK
RANSOMWARE
VICTIMS
JANUARY
606 26
FEBRUARY
747 21
MARCH
965 31
APRIL
528 17
MAY
465 16
JUNE


JULY


AUGUST


SEPTEMBER


OCTOBER


NOVEMBER


DECEMBER


TOTALS
3311
111


















2024
MONTH
GLOBAL
RANSOMWARE
VICTIMS
UK
RANSOMWARE
VICTIMS
JANUARY
298 14
FEBRUARY
410 25
MARCH
397 25
APRIL
403 21
MAY
570 35
JUNE
323 25
JULY
416 14
AUGUST
449 28
SEPTEMBER
396 17
OCTOBER
553 25
NOVEMBER
640 21
DECEMBER
627 13
TOTALS
5482
263


















2023
MONTH
GLOBAL
RANSOMWARE
VICTIMS
UK
RANSOMWARE
VICTIMS
JANUARY
175 18
FEBRUARY
265 16
MARCH
455 29
APRIL
379 13
MAY
574 30
JUNE
494 26
JULY
495 38
AUGUST
403 20
SEPTEMBER
467 27
OCTOBER
356 32
NOVEMBER
516 31
DECEMBER
375 23
TOTALS
4954
303


















2022
MONTH
GLOBAL
RANSOMWARE
VICTIMS
UK
RANSOMWARE
VICTIMS
JANUARY
186 13
FEBRUARY
223 12
MARCH
329 23
APRIL
298 11
MAY
221 11
JUNE
187 10
JULY
260 12
AUGUST
197 11
SEPTEMBER
246 8
OCTOBER
244 16
NOVEMBER
257 11
DECEMBER
248 14
TOTALS
2896
152


















2021
MONTH
GLOBAL
RANSOMWARE
VICTIMS
UK
RANSOMWARE
VICTIMS
JANUARY
165 8
FEBRUARY
163 5
MARCH
180 10
APRIL
258 19
MAY
315 16
JUNE
231 7
JULY
192 15
AUGUST
250 7
SEPTEMBER
270 12
OCTOBER
341 15
NOVEMBER
403 26
DECEMBER
241 10
TOTALS
3009
150


















2020
MONTH
GLOBAL
RANSOMWARE
VICTIMS
UK
RANSOMWARE
VICTIMS
JANUARY
7 -
FEBRUARY
16 -
MARCH
17 1
APRIL
31 1
MAY
51 3
JUNE
97 7
JULY
36 1
AUGUST
201 9
SEPTEMBER
270 15
OCTOBER
167 7
NOVEMBER
231 11
DECEMBER
208 10
TOTALS
1332
65


















2019
MONTH
GLOBAL
RANSOMWARE
VICTIMS
UK
RANSOMWARE
VICTIMS
JANUARY
- -
FEBRUARY
- -
MARCH
- -
APRIL
- -
MAY
5 -
JUNE
- -
JULY
- -
AUGUST
- -
SEPTEMBER
- -
OCTOBER
- -
NOVEMBER
- -
DECEMBER
6 -
TOTALS
11
0


















Data Source: Data Breaches Digest.