Are ransom payers fueling ransomware?

A new CyberEdge Group report uncovered two trends that are stimulating record-setting ransomware attacks: More ransom payers are successfully recovering their data. In 2018, only 49 percent of ransom payers successfully recovered their data. That number rose to 61 percent in 2019. Today, 67 percent of ransom payers have recovered their data. More payments are incentivizing the ransomware industry. In 2018, only 39 percent of ransomware victims actually paid the ransom. In 2019, that number … More

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