BACKGROUND:
Last week, NCSC announced it is investigating another increase in ransomware attacks against schools, colleges and universities in the UK.
SonicWall’s threat research reveals that:
- The UK was the 4th worst-affected country for ransomware, with 8.5 million attacks, making up 4.2% of all global attacks
- Global ransomware attacks rose 62%, with 304.6 million attacks worldwide
- April 2021 was the highest single month of ransomware ever on record (48.3M)
- There has been a 90% year to date increase in ransomware (Jan-April’20 vs. Jan-April ’21)
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