
Sophos: Average 2021 Ransomware Payment Skyrockets to More Than $800,000
Despite better tools and cyber insurance, the average ransomware payment and percentage of victims that pay the ransom continue to rise.
An alarming new report from U.K.-based cybersecurity company Sophos finds that both the amount of organizations hit with ransomware and the ransom paid are drastically increasing, with the average ransomware payment now not far off from reaching seven figures. The company’s State of Ransomware 2022 report, the results of a survey of 5,600 IT professionals […]