There was a noticeable decrease in the median ransom amount paid.

36% of organizations affected by ransomware opted not to pay a ransom.

Of organizations that paid a ransom, 82% paid less than the initial ransom.

94% of energy firms are pushing to adopt AI-driven cybersecurity due to revenue losses and disruptions caused by ransomware and phishing.

Organizations that prioritize data resilience can recover from ransomware attacks up to seven times faster.

For organisations without the proper IT and cybersecurity maturity, often SMBs, ransomware is present in 88% of breaches

The total value of ransomware payments fell in 2024.

69% of organizations believed they were prepared before being attacked by ransomware. Their confidence plummeted by over 20% afterward.

Backup verifications and frequencies were included in ransomware playbook for 44% of organizations.

CIOs experienced a 30% decline in their ransomware preparedness rating post-attack.

Of organizations that paid a ransom, 60% paid less than half of the initial ransom.

The FBI received 3,156 complaints about ransomware in 2024 (versus 2,825 in 2023 and 2,385 in 2022).

Of organizations that were attacked by ransomware, only 10% recovered more than 90% of their data.

CISOs experienced a 15% drop in their ransomware preparedness rating post-attack.

Ransomware is now present in 44% of breaches.

64% of victim organisations did not pay ransoms this year, compared to 50% two years ago.

98% of respondents had a ransomware playbook.

Of the organizations that experienced a successful ransomware attack last year, 86% admitted they paid a ransom to recover their data.

Of all the malware cases, 28% involved ransomware, followed by backdoors and webshells, at 20% and 13% respectively.

41% of respondents at middle market organisations said their existing security measures were completely successful against ransomware attacks.