There’s a good reason why ransomware gangs started exfiltrating victims’ data instead of just encrypting it: those organizations pay more. University of Twente researcher Tom Meurs and his colleagues wanted to know which factors influence victims to pay the ransom or not, and which factors have an effect on the ransom amount organizations end up paying. Based on the data provided by the Dutch National Police and a Dutch incident response organisation on 481 ransomware … Continue reading What makes ransomware victims less likely to pay up?