Only 33% of cyber insurance policies cover lost revenue, and 45% cover ransomware negotiations or payment.

89% of organizations that experienced a ransomware attack in the past year paid a ransom to recover their data or stop the attack

58% of retail organizations with encrypted data paid the ransom in 2025, marking the second highest payment rate in five years

DEVMAN demanded $91 million from Shimao Group, the largest ransom in Q3 2025.

The amount of data most organizations got back after paying a ransom was 51–75%.

54% of organizations attacked paid a ransom.

92% of organizations still lost data after paying a ransom.

8% of organizations got all their data back after paying a ransom.

Only 3% of undisclosed ransomware cases included an upfront ransom demand in Q3 2025.

Ransom payment rates by healthcare organizations declined in 2025 (from 36% to 33% in 2025).

The costliest ransom paid by healthcare organizations in 2025 represented a 60% increase from $771,905 in 2022.

The costliest ransom paid (extrapolated value) by healthcare organizations was $1.2 million.

Only 13% of ransomware victims paid the ransom in 2025, which is a decrease from 16.3% in 2024.

Average initial ransom demand (based on all cases with ransom demand) in 2021: $17.39 million.

In 2023, victims paid on average 39.1% of the initial ransom demand.

Average initial ransom demand (based on all cases with ransom demand) in 2019: $7.77 million.

In 2019, victims paid on average 56.9% of the initial ransom demand.

Average initial ransom demand (based on all cases with ransom demand) in 2020: $11.25 million.

In 2021, victims paid on average 33.9% of the initial ransom demand.

In 2020, victims paid on average 37.4% of the initial ransom demand.