Average ransomware cost triples, says report
Average ransomware cost triples, says report The average amount paid out by ransomware victims has grown almost threefold to more than $300,000 per incident, according to a report Share this item with your network: By Published: 17 Mar 2021 15:30 The average ransom paid by victim organisations in Europe, the US and Canada has almost trebled from $115,123 (€96,666/£82,788) in 2019 to $312,493 in 2020, and with the spread of double extortion tactics this number is continuing to grow, according to statistics gathered by threat researchers at Palo Alto Networks’s Unit 42. In the Ransom...
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