Latest happenings in the cyber world have revealed that June reversed the brief calm of May in terms of cyberattacks across the globe.

Checkpoint disclosed that organisations faced an average of 2,270 weekly cyberattacks, a 10 per cent rise from the previous month and a 17 per cent increase compared with June last year.

What makes this month notable is not just the size of the jump but its reach.

Rather than one region or sector absorbing the bulk of the growth, the increase appeared across almost every region and sector at once, suggesting attackers spread their efforts more widely rather than concentrating them.

Checkpoint in its Global Threat Intelligence report just released, disclosed that education remained the most targeted sector, with organisations facing an average of 4,816 weekly attacks, a 16 per cent climb from June 2025.

The intelligence said that open campus networks, constant device turnover, and thin security budgets continue to make schools and universities an easy target for attackers. Government followed at 2,836 weekly attacks, up five per cent, and telecommunications came in close behind at 2,835, a 13 per cent rise. Together, these three sectors continue to absorb a disproportionate share of global attack volume, a pattern that has held steady across recent months even as the specific numbers shift.

Regionally, Latin America held its position as the most attacked region, with organisations reporting an average of 3,501 weekly attacks, a 27 per cent increase over June 2025. APAC followed at 3,060, a smaller five per cent rise, while Africa posted 3,008 weekly attacks, down nine per cent from a year earlier, its only decline among the five regions tracked. Europe and North America both saw sharp jumps, up 22 per cent and 14 per cent respectively, pushing every region into growth except Africa.

Further, CheckPoint claimed that GenAI exposure has become one of the clearest examples of how everyday business behaviour can create security risk. According to it, in this context, the risk is not about attackers using AI or flaws in the models themselves, but about what employees place into prompts: customer records, internal documents, infrastructure details, legal material, financial data, or HR information that may be copied into public or unmanaged GenAI tools.

It stressed that high-risk prompts are common, noting that one in every 26 GenAI prompts from enterprise networks carried a high risk of sensitive data leakage, equivalent to a global exposure rate of 3.9 per cent.

According to it, the risk is widespread. It noted that 85 per cent of organisations that regularly use GenAI tools were affected by high-risk prompt activity.

It also revealed that sensitive information is frequently present, saying a further 27 per cent of prompts contained potentially sensitive information.

CheckPoint observed that adoption is broadening. It said each organisation used an average of seven different GenAI tools over the past month, while the average user generated 78 prompts.

According to the report, that level of activity suggests GenAI is no longer a side experiment in many workplaces. It is becoming part of daily workflows, often faster than data protection policies, user training, and technical controls can adapt.

The highest-risk regions and industries stood out clearly against the 3.9 per cent global benchmark. The report said Latin America stood out as the highest-risk region at 5.2 per cent, well above the global rate. Europe matched the global average of 3.9 per cent, while North America and APAC came in slightly below it at 3.6 per cent and 3.5 per cent, respectively. By industry, Healthcare and Medical carried the heaviest exposure at 5.7 per cent, followed by Telecommunications and Business Services, both at 5.1 per cent, and Information Technology at 4.1 per cent.

Further, personal data made up the largest share of sensitive content flowing through these prompts, appearing in 80 per cent of organisations, followed by network and infrastructure details at 62 per cent, legal and regulatory material at 61 per cent, financial data at 60 per cent, and employee records at 57 per cent.

It shows that GenAI exposure is not limited to one department or one type of task. It cuts across personal, technical, legal, financial, and workforce-related data, making prompt-level visibility and governance increasingly important as enterprise GenAI use continues to grow.

In the period under review, ransomware attacks totalled 646 in June, a 33 per cent increase over the same month in 2025. Business Services remained the most affected industry, responsible for 31 per cent of reported victims, followed by Consumer Goods and Services at 16 per cent and Industrial Manufacturing at 14 per cent. Two trends stand out over the past three months. Consumer Goods and Services have climbed steadily, from 14 per cent of victims in April to 15 per cent in May and 16 per cent in June, and the Government has moved even faster, rising from four per cent to 4.3 per cent to 5.4 per cent across the same stretch.