According to a 2020 survey, 28 percent of responding IT managers from Brazil said their organizations paid a ransom to regain access to their encrypted data after their most significant ransomware attack. The same was expressed by 13 percent of respondents from Mexico. Furthermore, it was also found that among the Latin American countries included, Brazil had the highest share of organizations that suffered ransomware attacks in 2020, with 65 percent of the country's respondents stating that their organizations had been a victims of this type of cyber crime.
Share of organizations compromised by a ransomware that paid to get their encrypted data back in selected Latin American countries as of February 2020
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Sophos. (May 15, 2020). Share of organizations compromised by a ransomware that paid to get their encrypted data back in selected Latin American countries as of February 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184117/share-organizations-paid-ransomware-latin-american/
Sophos. "Share of organizations compromised by a ransomware that paid to get their encrypted data back in selected Latin American countries as of February 2020." Chart. May 15, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184117/share-organizations-paid-ransomware-latin-american/
Sophos. (2020). Share of organizations compromised by a ransomware that paid to get their encrypted data back in selected Latin American countries as of February 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184117/share-organizations-paid-ransomware-latin-american/
Sophos. "Share of Organizations Compromised by a Ransomware That Paid to Get Their Encrypted Data Back in Selected Latin American Countries as of February 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184117/share-organizations-paid-ransomware-latin-american/
Sophos, Share of organizations compromised by a ransomware that paid to get their encrypted data back in selected Latin American countries as of February 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184117/share-organizations-paid-ransomware-latin-american/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Share of organizations compromised by a ransomware that paid to get their encrypted data back in selected Latin American countries as of February 2020 [Graph], Sophos, May 15, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184117/share-organizations-paid-ransomware-latin-american/
