US Cyberattacks on the Rise; Businesses in Colorado, California Face Greater Threat: Report

This report analyzes U.S. state-level cyberattack risk using a points-based index, ranking Colorado (7.96) highest, followed by New York (7.84) and Nevada (7.62), and noting trends such as New York’s losses rising 75.7%, Missouri’s four-year moving loss increase of 136% since 2017, and Virginia as the only state with fewer victims. It highlights Business Email Compromise as the most costly (> $1.7B since 2020; ~ $88k average loss), credit card/check fraud as second, malware third, and identifies non-payment/non-delivery and personal data breaches as the most common incident types; it concludes with guidance to adopt content-defined zero trust and consolidate secure communications.