It is reported by Bleeping Computer that security researcher DarkTracer has tracked data leaks since 2019, concluding that 34 ransomware groups have leaked data stolen from 2,103 organizations to date. The data are usually leaked on the dark web following a cyber-attack in which the attackers have been able to infiltrate a company system, exfiltrate
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Coveware Q1 2021 Report Shows Increase in Ransomware Payments Over Q4 2020
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
Coveware issued its Q1 2021 Ransomware Report on April 26, 2021, which concludes that “[D]ata exfiltration extortion continues to be prevalent and we have reached an inflection point where the vast majority of ransomware attacks now include the theft of corporate data.”
The Report states that the average ransom payment increased 43 percent from $154,108…