Security News > 2021 > November > Ransomware attacks increased 148% in Q3 2021, showing no sign of slowing

SonicWall recorded a 148% increase in global ransomware attacks through the third quarter of 2021.

2021 has been the most active year for ransomware on record - and is showing no sign of slowing.

After posting a groundbreaking high in June, these malicious attacks continue to see aggressive growth in Q3. "The techniques deployed by ransomware actors have evolved well beyond the smash-and-grab attacks from just a few years ago," said SonicWall VP of Platform Architecture Dmitriy Ayrapetov.

With 190.4 million ransomware attempts in Q3 alone, this makes it the highest quarter ever recorded, nearly eclipsing the 195.7 million total ransomware attempts logged during the first three quarters of 2020.

Year-end 2021 ransomware totals predicted to near 714M. Despite movements to secure cyber infrastructures from respective national governments, the U.K. has seen a 233% surge in the number of ransomware attacks, and the U.S. has witnessed a 127% year-to-date increase.

All told, 1,748 ransomware attempts per customer wwere logged through Q3 - the equivalent to 9.7 ransomware attempts per customer each business day.

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