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Number of ransomware attacks per year 2014-2017

Annual number of ransomware attacks worldwide from 2014 to 2017 (in millions)
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The data describes the global number of ransomware attacks from 2014 to 2017. In the most recently reported period, 184 million ransomware attacks were carried out. This represents a 71.2% drop growth from 2016.

2014 3.2
2015 3.8
2016 638
2017 184