On average, 66 percent of organizations worldwide were victims of a ransomware attack between March 2022 and March 2023, according to a survey conducted among cybersecurity leaders of worldwide organizations. Singapore ranked first by the ransomware rate in companies, with 84 percent reporting having encountered such an attack in the last 12 months. Companies in South Africa, Spain, and Switzerland followed, with up to 78 percent of the organizations experiencing ransomware attacks.
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Sophos. (May 10, 2023). Share of organizations worldwide hit by ransomware attacks in 2022 and 2023, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 09, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246438/ransomware-attacks-by-country/
Sophos. "Share of organizations worldwide hit by ransomware attacks in 2022 and 2023, by country." Chart. May 10, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246438/ransomware-attacks-by-country/
Sophos. (2023). Share of organizations worldwide hit by ransomware attacks in 2022 and 2023, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246438/ransomware-attacks-by-country/
Sophos. "Share of Organizations Worldwide Hit by Ransomware Attacks in 2022 and 2023, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246438/ransomware-attacks-by-country/
Sophos, Share of organizations worldwide hit by ransomware attacks in 2022 and 2023, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246438/ransomware-attacks-by-country/ (last visited June 09, 2023)
Share of organizations worldwide hit by ransomware attacks in 2022 and 2023, by country [Graph], Sophos, May 10, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246438/ransomware-attacks-by-country/