Ransomware gangs are increasingly not just claiming that they’ll leak stolen data from victims that don’t meet their ransom demand, but actually following through. In 22% of all cases, they had actually exfiltrated data, up from 8.7% in the first quarter. The average ransom payment jumped by 60% from $112,000 to nearly $180,000 in the second quarter of this year, according to research firm Coveware. The rise didn’t just come from big players, but from smaller players demanding much larger ransoms.”]
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