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The US suffers most ransomware attacks – construction businesses most frequently targeted

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US companies and global manufacturing business the target of most ransomware attacks, new data from NordLocker shows.

The US suffers most from ransomware attacks, with 2,379 attacks out of 5,212 globally recorded cases between January 2020 and July 2022 leading to $4.15trn being paid out to ransomware groups. The figures come from a new ransomware analysis carried out by NordLocker.

Ransomware, a virus that takes over a device and demands a