Firms account for 42% of ransomware attacks

Ransomware attacks are increasingly targeting businesses, which accounted for just over 40 percent of cases recorded by security software firm Symantec in the first half of 2017.

Of the 319,000 ransomware infections detected, companies accounted for 134,000. At the current rate, 2017 could see last year’s 470,000 attacks, Symantec said.