State and Local Governments Struggle to Recover From Ransomware
The cost for government organizations to remediate an attack was three times the average ransom the sector paid, according to Sophos.
While state and local governments see fewer ransomware attacks than other industry sectors, government organizations are more likely to have their data encrypted and are significantly less able to stop ransomware attacks before that step, according to cybersecurity company Sophos. The U.K.-based cybersecurity firm says 72% of state and local government organizations had their data […]
