New Ransomware Study. Number of Attacks. Cities. Healthcare. Schools.

Who authored the ransomware study? The security firm Emsisoft

What time period does the data cover? January 2019-September 2019

What is the impact of ransomware attacks?

• 621 US government entities, healthcare providers and school districts, colleges and universities were hit this year
• 68 state, county and municipal entities 
  • $5.3 million in total ransom demands
•  62 incidents involving school districts and other educational establishments
  • impact to 1,051 individual schools, colleges and universities
• 491 ransomware attacks this year affected US health care providers
• $8 billion in global losses from ransomware, up 60% from 2018

Security Week | Ransomware Hits Hundreds of US Schools, Local Governments: Study