The average financial loss for small Australian firms surveyed was A$6,600 (NZ$7,193). The survey showed 91 per cent of the small businesses used Windows devices and 48 per cent had Windows 10 as their main operating system. A further 27 per cent said staff had access to their firm's financial data via a mobile phone while 36 per cent could access it through a home computer. Privacy breaches were cited by 16 per cent of those in the survey while 15 per cent suffered financial loss and 12 per cent lost data. The survey found that 70 per cent of firms used internet security, while 18 per cent didn't and 12 per cent didn't know if they did.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 08, 2017 19:41 UTC