Organisations across the UK are still struggling with ransomware

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A year after the WannaCry ransomware attack impacted an estimated 200,000 victims, new research has revealed that organizations across the UK are still struggling to deal with ransomware.

Webroot surveyed over 400 IT decision makers at UK businesses and found that 45 percent of those surveyed had suffered a ransomware attack, with nearly a quarter (23 percent) actually paying the ransom. Despite this finding, 88 percent of organizations feel better equipped to deal with an attack following WannaCry, suggesting a sense of false confidence.

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