{"id":1641849,"date":"2026-07-22T15:15:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T15:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/k63qegzVm5xKn9epiaz6wk"},"modified":"2026-07-22T15:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T15:15:23","slug":"nearly-half-of-organisations-falling-victim-to-ransomware-encryption-pay-up-says-report-although-half-of-those-often-negotiate-the-payment-down-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nearly-half-of-organisations-falling-victim-to-ransomware-encryption-pay-up-says-report-although-half-of-those-often-negotiate-the-payment-down-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly half of organisations falling victim to ransomware encryption pay up, says report\u2014although half of those often negotiate the payment down first"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cybersecurity provider Sophos has released a report entitled “The State of Ransomware 2026<\/a>,” pulling together responses from 2,158 survey participants, ranging from IT directors to company executives, in regards to ransomware incidents. <\/p>\n

Comparing the results<\/a> to previous reports indicates that ransom demands themselves are actually decreasing\u2014although 48% of organisations whose data was encrypted paid their attackers.<\/p>\n

The median ransom payment is now said to be $769,000, down from a neat $1 million from the previous year’s study, with the median demand dropping to $698,000. Interestingly, 51% of organisations that paid a ransom coughed up less than the demanded amount, which the report says is due to victims “often [being] successful in negotiating a lower amount than originally demanded.”<\/p>\n

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