78% Indian organisations found to have been hit by ransomware: Survey

The survey found that 48% of Indian firms paid less than $5,000, while 10% paid $1 million or more

Around 78 per cent of Indian organisations surveyed were hit by ransomware in 2021 and some of the entities paid over Rs 76 crore as ransom to get their data back, cybersecurity firm Sophos said in a report.

According to the report, the average ransom paid by Indian organizations that had data encrypted in their most significant ransomware attack was USD 1,198,475 (around Rs 9 crore) with 10 per cent of victims paying ransoms of USD 1 million or more.

The survey found that 48 per cent of Indian firms paid less than USD 5,000, while 10 per cent paid USD 1