Organizations in India, Austria and the US are most hit by ransomware

More than half of companies in India, Austria and the US experienced ransomware attacks in the past year, compared to a global average of 37 percent. Data from Atlas VPN, based on research by Sophos, shows that out of 300 interviewees from India, 68 percent suffered from a ransomware attack, while 57 out of 100 respondents from Austria did so. In the United States, 51 percent of participants, out of 500 questioned, report that they were hit with a ransomware attack. Looked at by industry, of 435 respondents in retail, 44 percent were hit with a ransomware attack last year,… [Continue Reading]