The True Cost of Ransomware
A cybersecurity solutions provider announced the results of its third annual ransomware study. The research carried out is intended to provide information about the costs and effects of ransomware on companies. What it turns out: Ransomware attacks are becoming more and more frequent, more effective and more sophisticated - but paying ransoms is definitely not worth it for companies: 63% of the companies surveyed in Germany were affected by more than one ransomware attack in the last 24 months. 31% of German companies that were attacked did not have a backup copy of their files and therefore paid the ransom. Almost 80%...