India sees 3,237 cyberattacks weekly per organisation, education and government among the top targets: Check Point research

Check Point Research released its Global Threat Intelligence Report for August 2025, showing that organisations worldwide faced an average of 1,994 cyber attacks per week. While this marked a 1% decline from July, it represented a 10% increase year-over-year, reinforcing that the global cyber threat landscape remains at historically high levels.

The targets: Who and where

The education sector once again was the most targeted globally, experiencing an average of 4,178 weekly attacks per organisation last month (+13% YoY). This reflects both the sector’s ongoing digitisation, creating a wider attack surface, and its traditionally underfunded cyber security defences, making it an easy target for threat actors.

Telecommunications companies, vital to both business and consumer connectivity, suffered 2,992 weekly attacks (+28% YoY), highlighting their role as both critical infrastructure and a gateway to downstream targets. Government institutions, a consistent focus for cyber criminals and nation-state actors, recorded ...