Ransomware incidents 'appeared to explode' in June: IBM

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The number of ransomware attacks in the second quarter of 2020 was around three times higher than in Q1

The incidents of ransomware attacks continued to rise in the second quarter of the year, with a noticeable jump in June, say researchers at the IBM Security X-Force Incident Response team. They say...

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