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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Businesses being held to ransom but more refuse to pay

Ransomware attacks spiked in 2024, with small and medium-sized businesses the biggest targets. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Cyber criminals are demanding ransoms from their victims in more than half of all data breaches, a study has found, and small and medium-sized businesses are their biggest targets. 

Human error and social engineering scams were also rising in the Asia Pacific region, it found, although artificial intelligence software had yet to help criminals spread their reach. 

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