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Most SMBs would pay a ransom in order to recover stolen data
2019-04-29 05:00

More than half (55 percent) of executives at SMBs said they would pay hackers in order to recover their stolen data in ransomware attacks, according to the second quarterly AppRiver Cyberthreat Index for Business Survey. That number jumps to 74 percent among larger SMBs that employ 150-250 employees, with nearly 4 in 10 (39 percent) going as far as saying they “definitely would pay ransom at almost any price” to prevent their data from being … More → The post Most SMBs would pay a ransom in order to recover stolen data appeared first on Help Net Security.


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