Ransomware attacks surge

Global cyberattacks by Russian ransomware group Clop exploit security flaws in MOVEit Transfer – a popular file-transfer product – targeting businesses, universities and government agencies


1 System infected

2 Data locked

3 Ransom demanded: $7.2 million on average

Servers running MOVEit Transfer


Rising global ransomware attacks

2019 400
2020 1,161
2021 Records impacted: 49.8 million	1,365
2022 115.9 million			795
2023 536.1 million (to Jun 16)		960


Sources: CNN, Comparitech, CrowdStrike, TechCrunch
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