Law enforcement actions, better defenses, and a refusal by victims to pay helped to reduce the amount of ransoms paid in 2024 by $35%, a sharp decline from the record $1.25 billion shelled out in 2023 ...

From Isolated Attacks to a Billion-Dollar Enterprise In the past, ransomware attacks were opportunistic and relatively unsophisticated. A lone hacker would develop a malicious program, spread it via ...

Several factors, including the impact of law enforcement operations disrupting cyber criminal gangs and better preparedness ...

Ransomware payments dropped 35% in 2024 due to law enforcement crackdowns and stronger cyber defenses, forcing attackers to adapt with new tactics.

Ransomware payments have dropped by one-third, from £1 billion to £650 million over the past year. This decline is attributed ...

Ransomware extortion fell to $813.5M in 2024 from $1.25B in 2023, despite a 15% attack surge, with law enforcement disrupting ...

LockBit, Lynx, and Virlock dominate 2025 ransomware threats, targeting businesses with double extortion, data breaches, and ...

Yet beneath those headlines, the numbers tell a surprising story: Ransomware payments actually fell overall in 2024—and in ...

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Ransomware payments dropped 35% in 2024, marking the first decline in years as law enforcement crackdowns and improved victim ...

Payments for ransomware declined year-over-year through 2024 for the first time since 2022, according to data shared by ...

Ransomware gangs continued to wreak havoc in 2024, but new research shows that the amounts victims paid these cybercriminals ...