ZDNet: Average ransomware payment for US victims more than $6 million, survey says

A new report from Mimecast has found that the US leads the way in the size of payouts following ransomware incidents. 

In the "State of Ransomware Readiness" study from Mimecast, researchers spoke with 742 cybersecurity professionals and found that 80% of them had been targeted with ransomware over the last two years.