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Ransomware by the numbers: Reassessing the threats global impact

In 2019 and 2020, more than 2,300 U.S. government entities, healthcare facilities and schools were hit by the threat of ransomware. WannaCry was the most frequently encountered crypto-ransomware family on Windows systems. Engineering and manufacturing was the industry that contained the greatest share of targeted ransomware attacks was engineering and manufacturing, at 25.63%. In 2019, the share of users targeted with ransomware among the overall number of users that encountered malware was 3.31%; this declined slightly in 2020 to 2.67%.”]

Source: https://securelist.com/ransomware-by-the-numbers-reassessing-the-threats-global-impact/101965/

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