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One in six (17 per cent) of all incoming email messages are blocked due to a suspected virus, according to email security firm Retarus. March's rate marks a fivefold rise in comparison with February and can be explained primarily by the large increase in ransomware, according to the enterprise-focused email filtering service …

  1. Version 1.0 Silver badge

    Timing

    It's a bit late to mention this now - I've seen the rate drop off quite a bit in the last week - I assume that they are moderating the release of new attack vectors to avoid overloading the backend servers that store the decrypt keys?

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Timing

      April 15 (Friday) marks the end of tax filing here so that winds up grabbing the victims refund and run phase done.

  2. Sebastian A
    Paris Hilton

    Am I the only one...

    who did a double take at the company name; Retarus?

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