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"When Ransomware Strikes"
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/how-to-deal-with-ransomware/
"It’s a situation that most IT Managers will face at some point in their career. Per Security Magazine, “Eighty-six percent Small to Medium
Business (SMB) clients were recently victimized by ransomware.” In fact,
it happened to us at Backblaze. Cybersecurity company Ice Cybersecurity published that ransomware attacks occur every 40 seconds (that’s over
2,000 times per day!). Coveware’s Ransomware Marketplace Report says
that the average ransom cost has increased by 89% to $12,762, as
compared to $6,733 in Q4 of 2018. The downtime resulting from ransomware
is also on the rise. The average number of days a ransomware incident
lasts amounts to just over a week at 7.3 days, which should be factored
in when calculating the true cost of ransomware. The estimated downtime
costs per ransomware attack per company averaged $65,645. The increasing financial impact on businesses of all sizes has proven that the business
of ransomware is booming, with no signs of slowing down."
Lynn
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