Study: Two out of three companies have already been victims of ransomware
The new Sophos study "State of Ransomware 2022" shows: 67 percent of German companies have already been affected by ransomware. In 2020 it was still 46 percent. The average ransom paid in Germany almost doubled to over 250.000 euros. Sophos released its annual State of Ransomware 2022 study, which provides an overview of ransomware development in practice. The report shows that 67% of companies surveyed in Germany (66% globally) were affected by ransomware in 2021, up from 46% in 2020. The average ransom paid by German companies…