This page presents facts and figures about cybercrime and has links to some interesting sites!
- FOR all of 2021, Trend Micro reports over 94 billion threats, a 42% increase from 2020.
- 2022 saw a global increase in ransomware attacks for the first time in more than 3 years. Estimates give a figure of 2.3 billion incidents (Privacy Affairs).
- IN a Statista survey from October 2019, 84% of respondents stated that they agree with the statement: "You believe the risk of becoming a victim of cybercrime is increasing".
- ACCORDING to the 2021 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report, the world has seen a 62% increase in ransomware since 2019 (SonicGuard).
- THE Identity Theft Resource Center's Data Breach Report for 2021 reveals that there were 1,862 data breaches, surpassing the previous record of 1,506 set in 2017 (CNET).
- IBM's 2022 'cost of a data breach report' informs that cyber attacks on average cost companies US$4.35 million.
- IT is estimated that US$111,737,688.23 was paid in ransomware demands and payouts across the world in 2022 (Cyber Management Alliance).
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"A global software company had their databases attacked. The hackers downloaded hundreds of millions of files with bank details and addresses which were then sold on the dark web. Eventually with legal action and data breach law we got a settlement from the company."