They main reason why companies worldwide refused to pay a ransom when experiencing a ransomware attack was because they had a full backup of their data. However, 19 percent of respondents admitted not paying the ransom money because the authorities had told them so.
Reasons why companies worldwide refused to pay a ransom when experiencing a ransomware attack in 2021
Characteristic
Share of respondents
We had a full backup of our data
58%
Our policy is not to pay the ransom
46%
We did not believe the attackers would provide the decription cypher
42%
The compromised data was not critical for our organization
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