Most Businesses That Pay Off After Ransomware Hack Hit With Second Attack: Study


A majority of businesses hit by a ransomware attack that chose to pay to regain access to their systems were attacked again, a study released Wednesday by a cybersecurity company found.



a sign on the side of a building: The Cybereason study found that 80 percent of organizations that chose to pay after a ransomware attack were hit with a second attack.


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The Cybereason study found that 80 percent of organizations that chose to pay after a ransomware attack were hit with a second attack.

The study surveyed nearly 1,300 security professionals around the world and found that 80 percent of businesses that paid after a ransomware attack suffered a second attack. Of those hit a second time, 46 percent believed it came from the same group that did the first attack.

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Censuswide, which performed the study on behalf of the international cybersecurity company Cybereason, found that 25 percent of organizations hit by a ransomware attack were forced to close. In addition, 29 percent were forced to eliminate jobs.

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Cybereason CEO Lior Div warned that paying the ransom for data would not guarantee complete and successful data recovery, nor would it protect an organization from future attacks.

“Paying a ransom demand does not guarantee a successful recovery, does not prevent the attackers from hitting the victim organization again, and in the end only exacerbates the problem by encouraging more attacks,” Div said.

For those that paid to restore their systems, 46 percent said they regained access to their data, but some or all of it was corrupted. Another 51 percent said their data recovery was successful, while only 3 percent said they did not regain access to any of their data.

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The Cybereason study said global ransomware damage losses are projected to reach $20 billion this year. An annual crime report released by the FBI reported an increase of over 225 percent…

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