"46% of SMBs Have Been Targeted by Ransomware, 73% Have Paid The Ransom"

 A new survey was completed with more than 500 C-level executives from small and medium businesses.  Researchers at Infrascale found that 46 percent of the participants said that their organizations had been the victim of a ransomware attack.  73 percent of the participants that were targets of the ransomware attacks paid the ransom.  More than a quarter of the participants said that their organizations did not have a plan in place to mitigate ransomware attacks.  A fifth of the participants also felt that their organizations were unprepared for a ransomware attack.  

Help Net Security reports: "46% of SMBs Have Been Targeted by Ransomware, 73% Have Paid The Ransom"