Backup-based recovery accounts for 66% of encrypted-data cases, up 12 percentage points from 2025.

Publisher	Sophos
Report	The State of Ransomware 2026
Published	15 July 2026
Topics	Backup, Recovery

Published by Sophos in The State of Ransomware 2026, 15 July 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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