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The company surveyed almost 3,000 IT and cybersecurity professionals, whose organizations suffered aransomwareattack in 2023.

As a result, the ransom demands grew.

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Backups are a key part of a holistic cyber risk reduction strategy, the researchers said.

If your backups are accessible online, you should assume that adversaries will find them.

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