Ransomware attacks: failing to pay ransom demands
The study "Ransomware: The True Cost to Business 2022" shows that companies in Germany paid an average of almost half a million euros in ransom. But only just under 30 percent received all of their data and systems back – a bad deal. It sounds like a fairy tale: Maastricht University is getting back the ransom it paid in a ransomware attack in 2019. And because the criminals' account, which has since been confiscated, was filled with cryptocurrency, the university now also receives Bitcoins - which are now worth many times more than they were back then. But this stroke of luck should...
