Enough Companies Are Still Paying Ransoms To Hackers, Researchers Say

[Andrzej Adam Filip]

https://it.slashdot.org/story/23/01/19/194241/fewer-companies-are-paying-ransoms-to-hackers-researchers-say

*Fewer Companies Are Paying Ransoms To Hackers, Researchers Say*
(bloomberg.com) 21 ; Posted by msmash on Thursday January 19, 2023
@03:30PM from the promising-feedback dept.
Fewer companies that are infected with ransomware are coughing up
extortion payments demanded [A] by hackers, according to new research from
Chainalysis. […]
[A] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-19/fewer-companies-are-paying-ransomware-hackers-chainalysis-says

[Marco Moock]

*Fewer Companies Are Paying Ransoms To Hackers, Researchers Say*

As long as people pay them, this type of malware will exists.

[Andreas Kohlbach]

Post by Andrzej Adam Filip
https://it.slashdot.org/story/23/01/19/194241/fewer-companies-are-paying-ransoms-to-hackers-researchers-say

*Fewer Companies Are Paying Ransoms To Hackers, Researchers Say*
(bloomberg.com) 21 ; Posted by msmash on Thursday January 19, 2023
@03:30PM from the promising-feedback dept.
Fewer companies that are infected with ransomware are coughing up
extortion payments demanded [A] by hackers, according to new research from
Chainalysis. […]
[A] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-19/fewer-companies-are-paying-ransomware-hackers-chainalysis-says

<sarcasm>And why not? As long as paying ransoms is cheaper than have the
IT (do you have an IT?) dealing with security issues.</sarcasm>

Well, good to hear amounts of payments dropped significantly though.