For organizations with more than 250 employees, 75% of ransomware attacks were started via email. (Credit: JustSuper/Adobe Stock) For organizations with more than 250 employees, 75% of ransomware attacks were started via email. (Credit: JustSuper/Adobe Stock)

In the past 12 months, around three-quarters of organizations reported being hit by a ransomware attack and 38% were hit twice, according to a survey from Barracuda Networks, Inc., which reported email was the starting point for 69% of companies hit by ransomware. For organizations with more than 250 employees, 75% of ransomware attacks were started via email.

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Steve Hallo

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