Ransomware attacks are costing Government offices a month of downtime on average

• New research claims downtime from ransomware attacks is costing government agencies thousands
• The average downtime after an attack is over 27 days
• RansomHub is the top offender

New research from Comparitech has outlined that a key underestimated aspect of ransomware is costing Government agencies thousands of dollars per day – downtime.

Of the over 1,000 confirmed ransomware attacks tracked, nearly a month’s worth of downtime was lost per attack on average, costing nearly $84,000 per day.