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Since 2018, ransomware attacks on the education sector have cost the world economy over $53 billion in downtime alone

By Rebecca Moody in Ransomware Studies on September 21, 2023

Since 2018, ransomware attacks on the manufacturing industry cost the world economy $46bn in downtime alone

Since 2018, there have been 478 ransomware attacks on manufacturing companies across the globe. Our research looks at the cost of these attacks, the amount of downtime caused, and the ransoms and data theft involved.

By Rebecca Moody in Information Security on August 3, 2023

Since 2018, ransomware attacks on the finance sector have cost the world economy $32.3bn in downtime alone

Since 2018, there have been 225 ransomware attacks on finance organizations around the world. Our report details how much these attacks have cost, how much downtime has been caused, and what ransom demands were involved.

By Rebecca Moody in Ransomware Studies on July 13, 2023

Since 2018, ransomware attacks on food, beverage, and agriculture organizations have cost the world economy $1.36bn in downtime alone

By Rebecca Moody in Ransomware Studies on June 5, 2023

Ransomware attacks on US manufacturing and utility businesses cost $5.53bn in 2022

By Paul Bischoff in Ransomware Studies on March 7, 2023

Since 2018, ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations have cost the world economy $92bn in downtime alone

By Paul Bischoff in Ransomware Studies on November 16, 2022

Ransomware attacks cost the US $159.4bn in downtime alone in 2021

By Paul Bischoff in Information Security on July 19, 2022

Map of worldwide ransomware attacks (updated daily)

By Rebecca Moody in Information Security on January 6, 2023

Ransomware attacks on US businesses cost $20.9bn in 2020