EUGENE KASPERSKY Comment

摘要

Since the early 2010s, ransomware cyber-attacks have not only posed a prominent threat to individual users, but to companies too. Today they are getting more and more sophisticated, targeting specific organisations in both the public and private sectors. Despite overall IT budgets decreasing as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, cyberse-curity is still a top priority for organisations across the globe preparing for more targeted and impactful threats. Looking back over the past three years, the share of users targeted with ransomware in the overall number of malware detections has risen from 2.8% to 3.5%. While this might seem like a modest increase, ransomware is capable of causing extensive damage to affected systems and networks and hence it should not be viewed as trivial. The financial impact of a data breach, particularly in today's turbulent economic climate, could have a detrimental effect on businesses.