The findings from the Comparitech study show that Wall Street investors are largely unconcerned with ransomware attacks aside from a very brief sell-off when news of the attack is first published.

According to the estimates by Comparitech researchers, 71.1 million people fall victim to cybercrimes globally each year which equates to nearly 900 victims per 100,000 people.

The experimental honeypot set up by Comparitech researchers saw an average of 18 attacks per day. The first attack came on May 12, just 8 hours and 35 minutes after deployment.

A customer database of more than 1.1 million records was exposed on the web by SCUF Gaming, maker of high-end gamepads and other video game peripherals.