Should your company pay cybercriminals after a ransomware attack? It depends. [Business Insider]
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This story is part of " Security Playbook ," a series detailing cybersecurity advice and strategies. Cybercriminals stealing important data and holding it for ransom can be a company's worst nightmare. Instances of ransomware , a type of malicious software that holds sensitive data hostage until a victim pays the attacker, are becoming more common. The security firm Mandiant, a Google subsidiary, said it found a 75% increase in posts on data-leak sites from 2022 to 2023. Some companies choose to pay cybercriminals, and others don't. MGM and Boeing reportedly declined to pay millions of dollars that hackers sought after data breaches. The software firm CDK Global likely paid $25 million when it was attacked, and the casino operator Caesars reportedly paid $15 million. "The position we generally take is that if you don't need to pay ransom, you should not pay ransom," said Mark Lance, the vice president of digital forensics and incident response and threat intelligence at Guide
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