A ‘State of Ransomware 2021’ survey interviewed 5,400 IT decision-makers in 30 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa, including 300 respondents in India alone.
A recent global survey report ‘The State of Ransomware 2021’, by the Sophos IT security company has revealed that India tops a list of 30 countries in ransomware attacks, followed by Austria, the US, Israel and Turkey.
Ransomware is malware that infects a computer or website and takes unauthorised control of it through the use of malicious links or attachments. The attacker then displays a message, demanding a ransom from the owners to retrieve their data and the use of their system.