Percentage of spam with ransomware attachments 2015-2016

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Ani Petrosyan,
Aug 25, 2023
This statistic presents the share of spam detected with ransomware attachments from January 2015 to November 2016. According to the findings, in March 2015 only one percent of spam had ransomware attachments. As of November 2016, the share of spam with ransomware attachments had grown to 46 percent.

Share of spam detected with ransomware attachments from January 2015 to November 2016

CharacteristicShare of spam with ransomware attachments
Jan 2015 1%
Feb 2015 0%
Mar 2015 1%
Apr 2015 0%
May 2015 0%
Jun 2015 0%
Jul 2015 0%
Aug 2015 0%
Sep 2015 0%
Oct 2015 0%
Nov 2015 0%
Dec 2015 3%
Jan 2016 0%
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June 2017

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January 2015 to November 2016

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