Collaborate Disseminate
The vast majority of ransomware attacks now include the theft of corporate data, Coveware says, but victims of data exfiltration extortion have very little to gain by paying a cyber criminal. The stolen data has likely been held by multiple parties and… Continue reading Q1 2021 ransomware trends: Most attacks involved threat to leak stolen data
Companies hit by ransomware often face a dual threat: Even if they avoid paying the ransom and can restore things from scratch, about half the time the attackers also threaten to release sensitive stolen data unless the victim pays for a promise to have the data deleted. Leaving aside the notion that victims might have any real expectation the attackers will actually destroy the stolen data, new research suggests a fair number of victims who do pay up may see some or all of the stolen data published anyway. Continue reading Why Paying to Delete Stolen Data is Bonkers