A CrowdStrike survey conducted in August and September of 2,200 companies across the US, UK, Germany, Japan, Australia, Italy, India, Netherlands, Spain, Singapore, France and the Middle East, and across different sectors found that 56% of responding organizations were hit by at least one ransomware attack in the last year. Indian and Australian companies reported the highest breach incidence, and 22% of US companies reported being hit by more than 1 attack during that period. 27% of victims admitted paying the demanded ransom, which averaged $1.1m.
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