Ransomware Attempt Volume Touching Over 300 Million, Sets Record

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A new investigation report has been published by SonicWall network security organization in which it stated that ransomware attacks have been increased rampantly in the first half of 2021, with 304.7 million attempted attacks observed by the organization. 

SonicWall researchers’ team has discovered several attempted ransomware attacks in both April and May, however, the record of these two months was knockdown by June, which recorded 78.4 million attempted ransomware attacks. 

According to the study, the total figure of ransomware attacks that has been observed by SonicWall in the first half of 2021 has broken the record of 2020’s total attempts. 

“Even if we don’t record a single ransomware attempt in the entire second half (which is irrationally optimistic), 2021 will already go down as the worst year for ransomware SonicWall has ever recorded,” the report read.

According to the 2021 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report, some world’s developed counties including the US, the UK, Germany, South Africa, and Brazil topped the list of countries most hard hit by ransomware in the first half of 2021.