NordLocker research showing ransomwar attacks
Summary
“The latest statistics indicate that a worrying 37% of companies worldwide became victims of ransomware in 2020,” says Oliver Noble, a cybersecurity expert at NordLocker, an encrypted cloud service provider. “From Campari Group in the Food & Beverage industry to Baltimore County public schools in the Education sector, both of which became victims of ransomware last year, no business or institution can feel safe. Among the hacked companies discovered by NordLocker’s research, there were not only large organisations, such as a global hotel chain, an automotive conglomerate, or a world-wide clothing brand, but also small family-owned and operated businesses like an Italian restaurant or a local dental clinic. “When successfully attacked, companies get all their employee data, customer details, client agreements, patents, and other valuable business information inaccessible and threatened to be stolen, leaked, or destroyed for good. According to Oliver Noble, most ransomware gangs come from the post-Soviet states, which still maintain their unfriendliness towards the US and seek to cause harm to both its private and public sectors.