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Leading cause of ransomware infection 2016

From your experiences, what is the leading cause of a ransomware infection?

The data illustrates the leading causes of ransomware infections according to MSPs worldwide. According to the survey, 46% of responding MSPs indicated that phishing scams were the most common cause of ransomware infection.

Spam/phishing emails	46
Lack of employee training	36
Malicious websites/web ads	12
Lack of security	1
Other	5

Leading cause of ransomware infection 2016

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