(Representational Image)India was second on the list of Asia-Pacific countries which faced the most cyberattacks in 2020, revealed a new report by IBM Security X-Force. Globally, Europe was the most affected continent with over 31 per cent attacks accounted for, and the majority being ransomware attacks. In 2020, most of the attacks on companies in India were observed from May to July period, adds the report. The report suggests that data breaches and ransomware attacks are beginning to collide. This conclusion is based on 36 per cent of data breaches that came from ransomware attacks involved alleged data theft as well.

Source: Indian Express February 24, 2021 15:07 UTC