80% of organizations that paid ransom after being attacked by ransomware were attacked for the second time
A report compiled by cybersecurity company Cybereason has been published on what kind of damage has been caused by the worldwide ransomware attack.
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According to Cybereason, ransomware attacks are carried out at an average pace of once every 11 seconds, and the amount of damage will amount to 20 billion dollars (about 2.2 trillion yen) in 2020 alone. .. According to the FBI, the amount of damage has increased to 225% year-on-year in the United States alone.
The number of organizations that responded to this survey is 1263. Of these, 66% said they suffered a loss of revenue as a direct result of a ransomware attack. In addition, it was said that there was almost no effect due to the size of the company.
The following is a count of organizations that reported loss of profits by industry. It can be seen that any industry can suffer some form of loss if it is attacked by ransomware.
The following are classified by region. Spain had the highest percentage of respondents who said they had lost money, accounting for 80%.
In addition, the majority of organizations that chose to pay the ransom after being attacked by ransomware in the past could not be free from subsequent attacks. In fact, 80% of the organizations that paid the ransom were 'attacked again', and half of them were attacked by the same group that made the first attack.
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