Some companies pay ransomware attackers multiple times, survey finds

Nearly one-third of companies that suffered a ransomware attack paid a ransom four or more times in the past 12 months to regain access to their systems, according to the 2024 Ransomware Risk Report released Tuesday by Semperis, a cybersecurity software company.

This decision to pay multiple times involved 32% of attacked companies in France, Germany, the U.K. and U.S. across multiple industries, according to the survey of 900 IT and security executives.  

Read more here.