Too Long; Didn't Read
Would you be surprised to find that “<a href="http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/nearly-40--of-ransomware-victims-pay-attackers/d/d-id/1328634" target="_blank">nearly 40% of ransomware victims pay attackers</a>,” according to a <a href="http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/nearly-40--of-ransomware-victims-pay-attackers/d/d-id/1328634" target="_blank">recent article</a> published by <a href="http://www.darkreading.com" target="_blank">DarkReading</a>? I sure was. The number of victims that pay ransomware and the amount paid has been an elusive figure for years now. To date, law enforcement has not collected and published ransomware crime statistics like they have for other forms of criminal activity.