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To pay or not to pay? Here are some insights into how some organisations are responding to Ransomware.

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Companies in Australia and New Zealand are better preparing themselves for attacks by cybercriminal gangs, leading to a drop in successful extortion demands.   The CyberCX DFIR Year in Review report for 2023 found that ransom payments fell 50 per cent, based on a sample of 100 major incidents last year.   Hamish Krebs, Executive Director of Digital Forensics and Incident Response, said a growing understanding of ransomware and hardening of defences against attacks to reduce their severity is playing a major role. Cybercriminal gangs use ransomware try to overwhelm companies, so they’re “dead in the water”, giving them no option but to pay a ransom, and quickly, Hamish said.   Read Hamish’s full interview with The Australian Financial Review here: https://lnkd.in/dV_cc8DM

Why companies are refusing to pay cyber ransoms

Why companies are refusing to pay cyber ransoms

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