A confidential report from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in the Netherlands informs that at least 1,800 companies are affected by ransomware across the world.
The report names three file-encrypting malware pieces responsible for the infections that use the same digital infrastructure and considers them "common forms of ransomware."
Big players impacted
The number of victims given by the NCSC is likely conservative since many ransomware attacks go unreported, with organizations recovering from the incident on their own either by restoring files from untainted backups or by paying the ransom.
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