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
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