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75% of UK Businesses Would Break a Ransomware Payment Ban to Save Their Company, Risking Criminal Charges
Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT), a leading provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud, today published new research revealing a sharp divide between principle and practice around the proposed ban on ransomware payments. While 96% of surveyed UK business leaders from £100 million+ companies believe payments should be banned across both public and private sectors, 75% admit that if a ban was extended to the private sector, they would still pay a ransom if it were the
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