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• Billion-Dollar Companies Twice as Likely to Leave Critical Vulnerabilities Unpatched
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• Defenders Reluctant to Deploy Agentic AI as a Cybersecurity Tool

New report warns that threats of violence against employees of organizations hit by ransomware are on the rise as attackers find new ways to guarantee payments