---
title: 49% of Businesses Fell Victim to Cyber Ransom Attacks in 2016
metaTitle: "Half Firms Hit by Ransoms"
slug: half-firms-hit-by-ransoms
date: "2017-01-10T15:15:16-06:00"
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  src: "https://cdn.securelogix.dev/slx/images/undefined.webp"
sourcePublisher:
  name: Tech Republic
  url: tek.io
sourceArticle:
  url: "http://tek.io/2jjn1gn"
legacySlug: 49-of-businesses-fell-victim-to-cyber-ransom-attacks-in-2016
tags: [Cybersecurity, TDoS]
status: published
---

January 10, 2017

Telephony DoS (TDoS) will become more sophisticated. These attacks, which cut off communications in a crisis, “could impede first responders’ situational awareness, exacerbate suffering and pain, and potentially increase loss of life,” the press release stated...