Based on the survey, impacted organizations reached out to law enforcement and/or official government bodies for a range of assistance with ransomware attacks. Seventy-one percent reported they had received advice on dealing with ransomware, while 70% received help investigating the attack. More than two thirds (71%) of those that had their data encrypted received help from law enforcement to recover their data from the ransomware attack – the highest level of support in recovering encrypted data across all countries surveyed.
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