ISTANBUL
At least 174 municipalities globally were exposed to ransomware attacks this year, global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky said on Tuesday.
The average amount of the ransom demands was over $1 million while the highest demand was $5.3 million, the company said in a press release.
Ransomware — a kind of malware — locks or limits using computers’ hard drives until a ransom is paid to an illegal organization.
Kaspersky said long-term costs of these attacks are worse than these figures.
Fedor Sinitsyn, a security expert from Kaspersky, said: “When a city is attacked, it is necessary to conduct a case
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