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Infographic: Are businesses prepared for ransomware?

Published on August 4, 2022
Infographic: Are businesses prepared for ransomware?

Ransomware is an almost guaranteed danger that every organization must prepare for. This malicious software, also known as malware, threatens to publish a company�s critical data or block access to it unless a ransom is paid. It typically gains entry through insecure remote access, network vulnerabilities, software downloads or email attachments. With thousands of attacks every day in the U.S., ransomware is not a matter of if but when.

Here are a few facts and stats that give perspective of ransomware�s impact on businesses.

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Sources:

Top 4 industries

$1.85 million per incident

63% financially motivated

15.1 increase in attacks

1/2 victims are small businesses

36% of data is unrecoverable

75% had endpoint protection

97% attempted to infect backups