Scary Stats About Hackers
52% of companies felt obliged to pay the ransom.
Fortunately, 66% of them retrieved their lost data. Be that as it may, paying the ransom doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get the data back. For instance, 34% of companies didn’t succeed in getting back their data even though they paid for it.
Mimecast
Small businesses are the target of 43% of cyberattacks.
Small business hacking statistics show that, out of all the attacks in the report, these represent the largest share. The reason behind this is apparent—deficiency of knowledge and resources. In particular, many small businesses aren’t aware of the security risks they might face.
Consequently, attackers take advantage of this vulnerability. Thus, small businesses must become more aware and invest in the best digital security.
Small Business Trends
Passwords can be hacked in less than an hour.
Worse, as computer hardware processing capacity advances, this period is becoming even shorter.
On the positive side, hacking statistics show that passwords of at least 12 characters and lowercase letters can be hacked in a year. Things are looking even better for passwords that have at least 15 characters. In that case, a hacker would need 1,000 years to hack them.
Security Magazine
52% of adults aged 16 to 50+ in the US reuse the same password. They use the same password for multiple but not all of their accounts. In contrast, 35% use a different password for all accounts. Meanwhile, 13% reuse the same password for all their accounts.
Google/Harris Poll, 2019
Only 18% of organizations were able to block at least one piece of ransomware through the year.
Verizon, 2020
Small businesses with 500 employees or less underestimate the likelihood of a cyberattack. Two out of the three senior SMB leaders believe that a cyberattack is unlikely.
Keeper
53% of users around the globe have not changed their password in the last 12 months despite hearing about data breaches in news reports.
Last Pass
In April 2021, hackers leaked sensitive data of 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries.
Business Insider
There will be a shortage of 3.5 million cybersecurity specialists on the market by 2021.
Google/Harris Poll, 2019
NY Post
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