'It Will Not Be Paid': Tonga Stands Firm Against US$1m Ransom

'It will not be paid': Tonga stands firm against US$1m ransom

Tonga has refused to pay a US$1 million ($1.6m) ransom after hackers seized control of the country’s health IT system. Hackers broke into Tonga’s national...

Nearly half of companies opt to pay the ransom, Sophos report finds – Intelligent CXO

Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, released its sixth annual State of Ransomware report, a vendor-agnostic survey of IT and cybersecurity leaders across 17 countries that studies the impact of ransomware attacks on businesses. This year’s survey found that nearly 50% of companies paid the ransom to get their data back – the second highest rate of ransom payment for ransom demands in six years. De…

Median Ransom Now $1M, But 53% Paid Less Than Asked

Nearly 50% of companies in 2025 paid ransom to get their data back – the second highest rate of ransom payment for ransom demands in six years. This is according to the sixth annual State of Ransomware report by cybersecurity firm Sophos. The report notes that despite the high percentage of companies that paid the ransom, … The post Median Ransom Now $1M, But 53% Paid Less Than Asked appeared first on TechTrendsKE.

Half of targeted companies opt to pay ransom

A new Sophos report on ransomware finds that the median ransom payment is $1-million, and many companies enter negotiations. The post Half of targeted companies opt to pay ransom appeared first on Gadget.

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