Global ransomware attacks 2017, by region

Published by Ani Petrosyan, Aug 25, 2023
This statistic presents the distribution of ransomware attacks in 2017, sorted by region. In the measured period, the Americas received 46 percent of all ransomware attack attempts. That year, the number of ransomware attacks worldwide amounted to 183.6 million.

Distribution of ransomware attacks worldwide in 2017, by region

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Release date

March 2018

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2017

Supplementary notes

ANZ and Japan values are estimates.

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