Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/21
By: Esme Jiang and Lilian Wu

Taipei, Sept. 21 (CNA) Trend Micro Inc. (趨勢科技), a leading global software security company, said Wednesday that ransomware attacks have been escalating in Taiwan, registering 2 million over the past six months.

On average, there is a ransomware attack every eight seconds in Taiwan, with 40 percent targeting personal computers, said Bob Hung (洪偉淦), general manager of Trend Micro’s Taiwan & Hong Kong Business Unit.

That is the second highest attack rate in Asia-Pacific region, after Japan, he said.

In the first half of 2016, the number of attacks in Taiwan was four times the number in the same period last year, Hung said.

The major concerns among Taiwan consumers arising from the ransomware threats include losing photo files, spending a lot of money to clean up their computers, and not being able to access important documents, according to Trend Micro.      [FULL  STORY]