A 2021 survey of IT security professionals revealed that 28 percent of organizations had faced one to ten e-mail-based ransomware attacks. A further 14 percent said their organization saw 50 or more ransomware attacks originating via e-mail.
Volume of e-mail-based ransomware attacks faced by organizations worldwide in 2021
Data is based on a survey of more than 600 information and IT security professionals across the United States, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
The source did not provide an exact date of survey.
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