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• Acting as ransomware and blocking access to certain files, the main components of the network, or entire computers or systems • Installing even more harmful software • Using spyware to collect and transmit data from the hard drive to the cybercriminal at a remote location • In 2018, more than 4,000 ransomware attacks occurred each day— a 300 percent increase from 2015. • The total amount of ransomware payments approaches $1 billion annually. • Cybercriminals create an average of 1.4 million phishing websites each month. • It’s estimated that one in every 131 emails contains malware. • In the first half of 2016, more than 3 million data records were lost or stolen. DID YOU KNOW?

Sources: Federal Bureau of Investigation, CyberArk

More than 4,000 ransomware attacks occurred each day in 2018.

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