Companies negotiate their way to lower ransom payments

Nearly 50% of companies paid the ransom to recover their data, the second-highest rate in six years, according to Sophos. How actual payments stack up with the initial demand Ransom payments and recovery costs are on the decline Despite the high percentage of companies that paid the ransom, 53% paid less than the original demand. In 71% of cases where the companies paid less, they did so through negotiation, either through their own negotiations or … More →

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