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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: high volume, very high severity. Online scams: very high volume, high severity. Banking trojans: high volume, moderate severity. BEC: moderate volume, high severity. Deepfakes: lower volume, escalating severity.

Ransomware avg claim

$508,000

+16% YoY · At-Bay 2025

Scam centre losses

~$40bn/yr

UNODC est · INTERPOL

Social engineering claims

+233%

YoY · Aon APAC 2025

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 and infostealer threat is not abstract

In February 2024, a Hong Kong employee transferred $25 million after deepfakes impersonated company executives on a video call. In March 2025, a Singapore finance director nearly lost over $499,000 in a near-identical Zoom-based attack. INTERPOL characterises these not as isolated events but as representative of a pattern accelerating across the region.



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