IDC: Over a third of organisations worldwide have experienced ransomware in past year

A new survey from the International Data Corporation (IDC) has found that more than a third of all organisations worldwide have experienced a ransomware attack or breach which blocked access to systems or data in the past year. The IDC also said that it was "not uncommon" for those that fell victim to ransomware to have "experienced multiple ransomware events" and found that the incident rate outside of the US was much higher than inside the country at 37 per cent and seven per cent respec...