The average total cost of recovery from a ransomware attack has more than doubled in a year, increasing from $761,106 in 2020 to $1.85 million in 2021. Only 8% of organizations managed to get back all of their data after paying a ransom. Researchers polled 5,400 IT decision makers in 30 countries across 30 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Central Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The average ransom paid is $170,404.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/ransomware-recovery-costs-near-2m