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CTOnews.com, August 5 (Xinhua)-- cyber security company Malwarebytes recently released the 2023 ransomware Insight report, which counted the data from July 2022 to June 2023 and found that the United States has become the favorite target for hackers.

According to the company's statistics, in the top 10 most affected countries, 48 extortion teams launched 2483 attacks in the past year, while the number against the United States reached 1462, accounting for nearly 60 percent. The United Kingdom, which ranks second, has 196. the United States is more than seven times its number.

"the average number of attacks in the US has increased by 75 per cent per month between the first half and the second half of the past 12 months," Malwarebytes said.

Although the LockBit ransomware group that recently began targeting Mac has been the leader of ransomware attacks, Malwarebytes says the gang CL0P has overtaken LockBit in the past 12 months.

The original text of the report is attached to CTOnews.com, which can be read in depth by interested users.

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