Photo / Supplied"I've seen small organisations pay around $5000 to get their data back. Since then, I have seen year-on-year ransomware attacks on New Zealand organisations roughly double," he said. "And over the last year, ransomware attacks where a data theft has also occurred at the same time, has roughly quadrupled." American company Coveware helps businesses, including some in New Zealand, pay ransoms to cyber criminals. "It's something the New Zealand Government has been really clear on, we are not going to pay ransoms to criminals, because we think they'd only risk emboldening them."

Source: New Zealand Herald June 13, 2021 20:57 UTC