Security News > 2016 > August > More than half of UK enterprises hit by ransomware attacks (Help Net Security)
2016-08-04 14:00
A multi-country study that surveyed 540 CIOs, CISOs and IT Directors from companies with an average of 5,400 staff across the UK, US, Canada, and Germany and found that nearly 40 percent of businesses have experienced a ransomware attack in the last year. Of these victims, more than a third lost revenue and 20 percent had to stop business completely. The report, entitled “State of Ransomware,” was sponsored by Malwarebytes and released at Black Hat … More →
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