Ransomware attacks: 6 out of 10 companies attacked
Bitkom surveyed more than 1.000 companies in Germany: More than half of the companies are victims of ransomware attacks - over 30 percent suffer damage as a result. One in eight companies has paid the ransom. Ransomware has developed into a lucrative business for cyber criminals in Germany. In the past twelve months, 6 out of 10 companies (60 percent) were attacked in this way, 29 percent suffered no damage as a result, and 31 percent suffered damage - for example through production downtime, costs for IT service providers or even through payments to the perpetrators....
