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Today, Sophos publishes its sixth annual State of Ransomware report, the independent survey of 3,400 IT and cybersecurity managers in 17 countries, investigating the impact of ransomware attacks on companies. This year's analysis revealed that almost 50 percent of companies worldwide paid the ransom to get their data back. This represents the second highest rate of payments for [...] The post Almost one in two companies pays in a ransomware inci…
State of Ransomware 2025: Sophos Finds Median Ransom Payment Now $1 Million - Tech
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today released its sixth annual State of Ransomware report, a vendor-agnostic survey of IT and cybersecurity leaders across 17 countries that studies the impact of ransomware attacks on businesses. This year’s survey found that nearly 50% of companies paid the ransom to get their data back – the second highest rate of ransom payment for ransom demands in six yea…
The new "State of Ransomware 2025" report from Sophos confirms an average ransom payment of $1 million (€869.591). New is that 53 percent of companies have negotiated a lower amount than the original claim. Sophos today publishes its sixth annual "State of Ransomware" report The independent survey among 3,400 IT and cybersecurity managers in 17 The post Ransomware: Almost one in two companies pays – often after negotiation first appeared on IT-I…
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