Number of ransomware attacks per year 2014-2020

Published by Joseph Johnson, Apr 13, 2021
According to an annual report on global cyber security, there were a total of 304 million ransomware attacks worldwide in 2020. This was a 62 percent increase from a year prior, and the second highest figure since 2014 with the highest on record being 638 million attacks in 2016.

Annual number of ransomware attacks worldwide from 2014 to 2020 (in millions)

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Source

Release date

March 2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2014 to 2020

Special properties

data is based on SonicWall Capture Labs; wider industry metrics may vary

Supplementary notes

*2019 data was calculated by Statista on the basis of information provided by the source: "Despite regional efforts to thwart ransomware attacks, ransomware volume jumped 11 percent year over year."

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