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SMEs paid more than $300 million to ransomware hackers: Report

September 25, 2017 Reprints

A report by U.S.-based backup services firm Datto Inc. found that small and medium-sized enterprises across the world paid an estimated $300 million to ransomware hackers in 2016, ITProportal.com reported. The report also found that 5% of all SMEs were victims of a ransomware attack in 2016.

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