Data analysis
Asia-Pacific cyber threats: volume vs insurance severity
Each bubble is one of the top five cybercrime types ranked by INTERPOL across 18 member countries. Horizontal: case volume. Vertical: insurance claims severity. Bubble size: pace of escalation. Hover for detail.
High vol / High severity High severity / Lower vol Moderate severity / High vol Emerging / Accelerating
Ransomware avg claim
$508,000
+16% YoY · At-Bay 2025
Scam centre losses
~$40bn/yr
UNODC est · INTERPOL
Deepfake forum activity
+600%
Feb–Jun 2024 · INTERPOL
Sources: INTERPOL Asia and South Pacific Cyber Threat Assessment 2025/2026; Willis Cyber Claims in Focus 2026; DUAL Global Cyber Outlook April 2026; At-Bay 2025 Cyber Claims Report; Aon APAC Cyber Risk Report 2025; UNODC TOC Convergence Report 2024. Axis positions are indicative indices.
The deepfake incidents are already here
In February 2024, a Hong Kong employee transferred $25 million after deepfakes impersonated executives on a video call. In March 2025, a Singapore finance director nearly lost over $499,000 in a near-identical attack. INTERPOL frames these as representative of a pattern, not anomalies. Nearly 29% of New Zealanders have been targeted by deepfake scams in the past year, according to Mastercard-commissioned research. The events INTERPOL documents in Hong Kong and Singapore are the corporate-scale version of an attack pattern that is already well-established in the New Zealand consumer market.
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