How attacks work

Event types, techniques, and which sectors attract which methods

16,860incidents · Jan 2014 – May 2026

Exploitive

51.6%

8,700 incidents

Data theft or breach, no disruption

Disruptive

30.6%

5,157 incidents

Operational disruption, no data theft

Mixed

16.5%

2,790 incidents

Both: e.g. ransomware (encrypt + exfiltrate)

Top attack techniques in selected period

Top 12 attack subtypes by incident count. Colours indicate the predominant event type for each technique. "Message Manipulation" covers disinformation and influence operations.

How has the technique mix shifted? (Jan 2014 – May 2026)

Share of annual incidents by top 10 subtypes in the selected period.

Which sectors are targeted, and how?

Top 10 industries in the selected period. Stacked bars show the breakdown by attack type.

Attack type composition by industry

Percentage share of each attack type within each industry (rows sum to ~100%). Reveals structural differences: public administration faces more disruption; finance and healthcare face more exploitation.

Top 10 most targeted countries

Countries with the most incidents of the selected attack type in the selected period.