There were nearly 500 million ransomware attacks in the first half of 2021. As reported by Help Net Security, security researchers detected 190.4 million ransomware attempts in Q3 2021 alone, which brought the total volume of attacks up to 470 million at the beginning of October. The researchers went on to predict that there would be a total of 714 million ransomware attacks by the end of the year, constituting a 134% year-over-year increase from 2020.
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