{"id":18691,"date":"2023-10-10T13:38:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T11:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.m-q.ch\/?p=18691"},"modified":"2023-10-10T13:38:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T11:38:03","slug":"number-of-ransomware-victims-up-47-percent-since-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.m-q.ch\/en\/number-of-ransomware-victims-up-47-percent-since-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of ransomware victims up 47 percent since 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The number of ransomware victims has risen again. (Image: www.pixabay.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The research shows that many Ransomware-as-a-Service threat actors are focusing more on smaller businesses, which they assume are less well protected. In the first half of the period studied, most LockBit victims (57 percent) and a significant proportion of BlackCat victims (45 percent) globally are companies with fewer than 200 employees. In the case of Clop, large enterprises account for half of the attacks (50 percent), while 27 percent affect small businesses.<\/p>\n

Based on telemetry data from the Japanese cybersecurity specialist, 6,697,853 ransomware threats were detected and blocked at the email, URL and file levels in the first six months of 2023. This figure represents a slight decrease of 3.64 percent compared to the second half of 2022, when a total of 6,950,935 ransomware threats were detected.<\/p>\n

North America is LockBit's preferred region, accounting for about 41 percent of all victims in the group. Europe accounts for just over a quarter of LockBit victims. About 57 percent of BlackCat victims are also in North America, followed by Europe and Asia-Pacific. Clop actors show similar geographic preferences. In 2022, BlackCat in particular caused a significant stir in Europe after the group attacked several significant targets.<\/p>\n

Other global findings of the report:<\/strong><\/h3>\n