India tops ransomware attacks globally with 68% entities impacted: Sophos

67% Indian organisations whose data was encrypted paid to get their data back

About 67 per cent of Indian organisations whose data was encrypted paid a ransom to get back their data–a slight increase on the previous year when 66 per cent paid a ransom. In fact, Indian entities were the most likely to pay a ransom of all countries surveyed: the global average was just under a third (32 per cent). These were the findings of the global survey ‘The State of Ransomware 2021’ conducted by cybersecurity firm Sophos.

The survey findings further stated that the total cost of recovery from a ransomware attack has more than doubled in a year, increasing