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title: Acronis Use Case - Recovering Your Company's PCs Affected by Ransomware
description: This document describes how one company used Acronis Backup Advanced and Acronis Cloud Storage protected their company PCs and recovered all of their systems after a ransomware strike.
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# Acronis Use Case - Recovering Your Company's PCs Affected by Ransomware

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Ransomware is a type of malware that blocks access to your files and systems until you pay a ransom. The first example of ransomware happened on September 5, 2013, when Cryptolocker was unleashed. It quickly affected many systems with hackers requiring users to pay money for the decryption keys.According to a February 2015 McAfee Labs Threats Report, the number of ransomware types grows an average of 155 percent each quarter.This document describes how one company used [Acronis Backup Advanced](https://www.acronis.com/en-us/business/backup-advanced/) and [Acronis Cloud Storage](https://www.acronis.com/en-us/cloud/storage/) protected their company PCs and recovered all of their systems after a ransomware strike. 

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