Nearly half of companies say they pay up ransomware demands - but here's why that could be a bad idea

A laptop with a red screen with a white skull on it with the message: "RANSOMWARE. All your files are encrypted.".

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• Sophos surveys organizations which have suffered ransomware attacks
• On average, they paid 85% of the demands
• The average demand has dropped to $1.3 million this year so far