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Ransomware payments

8 mentions in 3 episodes

Also known as Ransomware payment recovery

The speakers discuss a reported decline in ransom payments during 2024 and possible reasons victims decline to pay.

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683: There IS a Spoon!

  • 58:53

    ransomware victims paid out 35% less to hacking groups in 2024 compared to 2023

  • 59:37

    a majority of clients are opting just not to pay at all

  • 1:00:17

    many of the ransomware groups switch to having the extortion be their primary way

510: Delightfully Evil Algorithm

  • 53:16

    clawed back $2.3 million paid by Colonial Pipeline

  • 55:25

    Every transaction has been recorded forever.

355: Phone Bones

  • 32:11

    Florida City will pay over $600,000 to ransomware attackers

  • 33:46

    they've decided to take the risk of paying to get their stuff back

  • 34:49

    96% of companies who pay the ransom get a working decryption tool