More than half of businesses have been successfully targeted by a ransomware attack in the past year, with one in five businesses saying the attack caused serious disruption to operations.
Two thirds of businesses admit they would pay a ransom to retrieve data after a ransomware attack. One in ten businesses would be willing to pay $50,000 or more.
Half of IT decision makers don’t know about the impending changes to the Privacy Act, despite it coming into law December 1 this year.
A third of businesses saw an increase in cyber-attacks during the Alert Level 4 lockdown. Two in five businesses say they have been targeted by a Covid-19 themed phishing attack.
