{"id":46652,"date":"2022-05-13T14:11:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T14:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/most-organizations-hit-by-ransomware-would-pay-up-if-hit-again\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T14:11:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T14:11:10","slug":"most-organizations-hit-by-ransomware-would-pay-up-if-hit-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/most-organizations-hit-by-ransomware-would-pay-up-if-hit-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Most organizations hit by ransomware would pay up if hit again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost nine in 10 organizations that have suffered a ransomware attack would choose to pay the ransom if hit again, according to a new report, compared with two-thirds of those that have not experienced an attack.<\/p>\n

The findings come from a report titled “How business executives perceive ransomware threat” by security company Kaspersky, which states that ransomware has become an ever-present threat, with 64 percent of companies surveyed already having suffered an attack, but more worryingly, that executives seem to believe that paying the ransom is a reliable way of addressing the issue.<\/p>\n

The report, available here<\/a>, is based on research involving 900 respondents across North America, South America, Africa, Russia, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. The respondents were in senior non-IT management roles at companies between 50 and 1,000 employees.<\/p>\n