Ransomware attacks rose by 92.7% in 2021 compared to 2020 levels, with 1,389 reported attacks in 2020 and 2,690 in 2021.
The 2021 Annual Threat Monitor from NCC Group analyzed cybersecurity events that occurred during the past year, including enterprise data breaches, ransomware, nation-state cyberattacks and more. The insights are based on incidents identified by NCC Group’s global managed detection and response service (MDR) and its global cyber incident response team (CIRT).