Over half of UK companies pay ransomware attacks in full - research

Marian McHugh
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Organisations with greater complexity in cloud infrastructure more likely to pay off hackers, according to new research

Over half of UK companies have paid a ransomware attack in full, making it the second most likely country to pay hacker demands, according to new research from Veritas Technologies. The vendor's...

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