A Trip to the Dark Site — Leak Sites Analyzed

Summary: Analysis of ransomware leak sites tracked since January 2020 found an almost six-fold increase in leak threats from the first quarter of 2020 to the third quarter of 2021. Businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees accounted for almost 75% of all leaks, and eight of the top ten victim countries were among the world's top 10 economies.
Why it matters: Three-quarters of the organizations named on these leak sites had fewer than 1,000 employees, so small size is no shield - the deciding factor is whether a business can withstand an attack and recover, not whether its data looks worth stealing.

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