Understand the Risks of Ransomware Payments: Extortion, Data Loss, and Global Sanctions
Gartner® Quick Answer: What Happens if You Pay the Ransomware Demand?
Ransomware payment decisions involve risks for legal, technical, safety and operational teams
According to the Gartner® report, “organizations that show a willingness to pay the ransom are seen as potential future targets.”
Understand the associated risks from multi-extortion and data destruction:
- Willingness to pay a ransom can make an organization a repeat target
- Theft can impact the primary data owner as well as third party data
- Payment doesn’t guarantee data recoverable or even destroyed by the cyber criminal
- Data may be shared on the dark web and with other cyber criminals
Download the report to gain a deeper understanding of the associated risks from making ransomware payments so your organization is better poised to handle these challenges.
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Gartner, Quick Answer: What Happens If You Pay the Ransomware Demand? Satarupa Patnaik, Deepak Mishra, 24 Nov 2023
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