Of more than half of all small-to midsized businesses (SMBs) infected with ransomware in the past year, attackers demanded ransom of $1,000 or less – a drop in the bucket in comparison to the downtime these attacks cause, a new report shows. The survey of more than 1,000 SMBs in the US, UK, France, Germany, Australia, and Singapore, found that while 65% have not been hit with a ransomware attack in the past 12 months, nearly 30% have suffered one to five such incidents; 5%, six to 10 ransomware incidents; and 1%, 11- to 20-plus such incidents.

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