UK Government and Privacy Watchdog Urge UK solicitors not to advise clients to pay up for ransom. Ransomware attacks continue to pummel organizations of all sizes. Victims last year paid out cryptocurrency worth more than $600 million to criminals. Paying a ransom also provides no guarantee that the victim will receive a working decryption tool; no assurance that stolen data will not be resold or leaked; no immunization for victims from repeat attacks by the same or other criminal groups.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/blogs/dont-pay-ransoms-uk-government-privacy-watchdog-urge-p-3247