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title: Ignorant of cybersecurity risk, breached small businesses are concealing the cost of recovery
description: Many Australian businesses are quietly absorbing the cost of cybersecurity attacks to keep them off of the radar.
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## [Ignorant of cybersecurity risk, breached small businesses are concealing the cost of recovery](https://www.mailguard.com.au/in-the-news/breached-small-businesses-concealing-cost-of-recovery)

Posted by [CSO.com.au](https://www.mailguard.com.au/in-the-news/author/cso-com-au) on Mar 30, 2017

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Many Australian businesses are quietly absorbing the cost of cybersecurity attacks to keep them off of the radar, according to new reports that suggest even small and medium businesses are paying an average $276,323 to recover from a successful attack.

[Read more at CSO](https://www.cso.com.au/article/616882/ignorant-cybersecurity-risk-breached-small-businesses-concealing-cost-recovery/)

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