Half of UK firms hit by ransomware

Stuart Sumner
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Organisations admit to being hit by ransomware attacks in the last two years, with 16 per cent saying that they'd suffered unexpected insider attacks or data leakage in the same period

Half of UK-based organisations have been hit by ransomware attacks in the last two years, with 12 per cent of UK firms saying these types of attacks had not been detected until after they had enter...

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