80% of orgs that paid the ransom were hit again
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80% of orgs that paid the ransom were hit again
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Re: 80% of orgs that paid the ransom were hit again
#2Once you pay 'em the Danegeld
You'll never be rid of the Dane
Re: 80% of orgs that paid the ransom were hit again
#3Meaningless stat without a baseline to compare against. How many who didn't pay were hit again?
Re: 80% of orgs that paid the ransom were hit again
#4The most important line:
> 80% of organizations that paid the ransom were hit by a second attack, and almost half were hit by the same threat group.
The same group!
Re: 80% of orgs that paid the ransom were hit again
#5Shouldn't they improve their security?
Re: 80% of orgs that paid the ransom were hit again
#6Looks like ransomware criminals are going for the subscription model.
Re: 80% of orgs that paid the ransom were hit again
#7Looks like ransomware criminals are going for the subscription model.
Hardest part is to find subscribers, from then on the milking process is easy. Leaving the joke aside, does this mean that the systems remained unprotected after the initial ransom was paid or that they continued to threat leaking sensitive data?
Paying the ransom a second time would guarantee nothing. Neither was paying the first time either.
Re: 80% of orgs that paid the ransom were hit again
#8Looks like ransomware criminals are going for the subscription model.
To unsubscribe you have to talk to a sales representative and send in a fax.
Re: 80% of orgs that paid the ransom were hit again
#9Meaningless stat without a baseline to compare against. How many who didn't pay were hit again?
If the attacker isn't paid for the first attack, why would she attack again? She's not doing it for the lulz!
I do agree with you that there should be more visibility for the "silent majority" of firms who operate their businesses responsibly, and therefore don't ever need to pay ransom.
Re: 80% of orgs that paid the ransom were hit again
#10Pay or not - you gotta fix security.
Outsourcing it to el-cheapo, offshore middlemen is not going to cut it.