DHS Secretary: Small Businesses Hard-Hit by Ransomware

This Data Breach alert was published at 06.05.2021 14.19 on Data Breach Today.

Alejandro Mayorkas Says Attacks Increased 300% in Past Year About 50% to 70% of all ransomware attacks in the U.S. are targeting small and medium-sized businesses, costing the victims an estimated total of $350 million in the last year, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said Wednesday in a speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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