Ransomware attacks surge by over 150 per cent in 2021

Ransomware attacks are up 151 per cent in the first half of 2021, compared to the same time in 2020.

According to the data presented by the Atlas VPN team, the first half of 2021 has already reached 304.7 million ransomware attack attempts making it the worst ever recorded year.

In the first half of 2020, there were a total of 121.4 million ransomware attacks across the world.

Ransomware attacks with the largest payouts mostly happened to US companies over the past couple of years. However, the second most targeted country is the UK, as they encountered 14.6 million ransomware attack attempts.