The generalization of teleworking would be at the origin of the increase in this type of cyberattack.

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Nearly 20% of French companies suffered an attack by ransomware - or ransomware - in 2020, according to the Cesin (Club of Experts in Information and Digital Security), which has just published its 6th barometer carried out by

Opinion Way

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These attacks make it possible to hack the computer system and steal data while blackmailing their victim into possible content disclosure, reports BFMTV.

More broadly, 57% of companies would have been affected in 2020, all types of attack combined.

Among these victims, 30% employ at least 5,000 employees.

Complaints that are not successful

Most of the time, a spam email, also called phishing, is sent to an employee.

To cope, 83% of the companies questioned believe that raising employee awareness is the first measure to be implemented, as well as increasing the budgets allocated to safety.

Today, only 50% think they can face a cyberattack.

Almost half of the victims filed a complaint.

But the latter succeed little, only in 15% of cases.

For the competent authorities, it is difficult to go back to the hackers, who are often located outside France.

The generalization of teleworking due to the health crisis would have caused the increase of 37% of these attacks.

To cope, 43% of companies have already indicated that they are ready to increase their budgets to protect themselves.

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