Ransomware by Region

The regions that see the most ransomware attacks are:

• In North America, the weekly average of impacted organizations is one out of 108 – a minor increase of 1% year over year.
• In Australia/New Zealand, the weekly average of impacted organizations is one out of 113, an 18% increase.
• In Africa, the weekly average of impacted organizations is one out of 21, a 21% increase.
• In Europe, the weekly average of impacted organizations is one out of 66, a 1% decrease.

Latin America has seen the largest increase in attacks, with one out of 23 organizations impacted weekly, a 43% increase year over year, followed by Asia, which has seen a 33% increase, reaching one out of 17 organizations impacted weekly.