Ransomware extortionists have been taking down bigger targets and commanding larger ransoms. The average ransom payment – when a victim pays – was $233,817, which was an increase of 31% from the previous quarter. Victims often pay for a guarantee that stolen data stolen during an attack – before systems got encrypted – will get deleted. The dramatic increase in ransom amounts may imply a higher degree of sophistication as attackers go upmarket, Coveware reports. The same tactics, techniques, and procedures – TTPs – that work on 500-person companies can work on a 50,000-person company and the potential payoff is substantially higher.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/blogs/data-exfiltrating-ransomware-gangs-pedal-false-promises-p-2965