A new report quantifies the $11.5 billion in damage that ransomware did in 2019 alone. Ransomware attacks became more focused in 2019, going after organizations rather than individuals. The average cost of a ransomware attack in 2019 was estimated at $141,000, up from $46,800 one year earlier. Sodinokibi, which appeared in the wild concurrently with the end of GandCrab network, was the leading ransomware version of 2019, responsible for attacks such as the one that hit 22 municipalities.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/ransomware-damage-hit-11-5b-in-2019