{"id":364270,"date":"2025-11-10T11:03:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T16:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.co\/?p=364270"},"modified":"2025-11-11T09:23:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:23:39","slug":"ransomware-payment-rates-declining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.co\/news\/ransomware-payment-rates-declining","title":{"rendered":"Study: Fewer Businesses Are Making Ransomware Payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]\n<\/p><div class=\"verdict-box inform-box\" data-eventcategory=\"verdictbox\" data-component=\"verdict-box\" data-total-positions=\"3\">\n\n <div class=\"verdict-box-wrap inform-box-wrap\">\n <h3 class=\"verdict-box-title\">Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n \n <div class=\"verdict-box-info\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A recent cybersecurity report has found that ransomware payment rates have hit a historic low.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>This reflects wider trends happening to both larger enterprises and smaller firms.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>While the report shows that businesses may be better at dealing with cybersecurity threats, they should avoid becoming complacent in this area.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"verdict-box-footer inform-box-buttons\">\n <div class=\"container\">\n <div class=\"row\">\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text css=&rdquo;&rdquo;]According to a recent cybersecurity report, <strong>ransomware payment rates hit a historic low<\/strong> across several areas in Q3 2025.\n<p>This correlates closely with current industry trends, as&nbsp;<strong>larger firms increasingly resist the pressure to pay ransoms,&nbsp;<\/strong>and smaller firms face decreasing overall ransomware payment rates.<\/p>\n<p>The report&rsquo;s findings also suggest that&nbsp;businesses are becoming better equipped to deal with cybersecurity threats<strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong>but firms should still exercise vigilance, especially as <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.co\/news\/leading-ai-agents-at-risk-of-hacks\"><strong>new threats like AI<\/strong><\/a> develop.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&rdquo;2\/3&Prime;][vc_column_text css=&rdquo;&rdquo;]<\/p>\n<h2>Ransomware Payments Hit a Historic Low in Q3 2025<\/h2>\n<p>A report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coveware.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/24\/insider-threats-loom-while-ransom-payment-rates-plummet#variants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coveware<\/a> has found that both the average ransom payment and the median ransom payment is <strong>down significantly<\/strong> from Q2 to Q3 2025, with the former down 66% and the latter down 65%.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, ransom payment rates across all impact scenarios, including encryption, data exfiltration, and other extortion, <strong>fell to a historic low<\/strong> of 23%.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/3&Prime;]<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"js-aw-brand-link\" href=\"https:\/\/compare.tech.co\/software-deals-live\/\" data-feed=\"XuPuf49GEEm4y0PaIQDZ0dEjkEf760Vv\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-333457\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tech.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18114043\/About-Techco-video.jpg\" alt=\"About Tech.co Video Thumbnail Showing Lead Writer Conor Cawley Smiling Next to Tech.co Logo\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/a><strong>This just in! View<\/strong><br>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/compare.tech.co\/software-deals-live\/\">the top business tech deals<\/a> for 2026 &#128104;&zwj;&#128187;<br>\n<\/strong><a class=\"js-aw-brand-link\" href=\"https:\/\/compare.tech.co\/software-deals-live\/\" data-feed=\"XuPuf49GEEm4y0PaIQDZ0dEjkEf760Vv\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-348272 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tech.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/09122654\/ok-1.png\" alt=\"See the list button\" width=\"200\" height=\"85\"><\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&rdquo;&rdquo;]Ultimately, the report concluded that the&nbsp;<strong>overall success rate of cyber extortion is decreasing,&nbsp;<\/strong>based on a few factors.[\/vc_column_text]\n <div class=\"lytics-newsletter-container\">\n <div class=\"lytics-loading-spinner\">\n <div class=\"spinner\"><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"lytics-newsletter-M9VIOSKV\"><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <script>\n            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Instead, approaching negotiations with a no-payment offer is becoming more advisable.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, attacks on smaller firms are&nbsp;<strong>seeing relatively lesser amounts offered as ransom payments. <\/strong>While small businesses do remain <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.co\/news\/data-breaches-impact-small-businesses\"><strong>easier to disrupt<\/strong><\/a> overall, attackers are asking for less money in return.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&rdquo;&rdquo;]<\/p>\n<h2>Cybersecurity Measures Are Making Progress<\/h2>\n<p>The historic low for both average ransomware payments and median ransomware payments comes after&nbsp;<strong>a long-term downward trend,&nbsp;<\/strong>suggesting that payments are generally decreasing.<\/p>\n<p>While businesses should always remain vigilant and focus on keeping their data as secure as possible &mdash; particularly in the age of AI and <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.co\/news\/5-companies-data-breaches-paid-price\"><strong>data breaches<\/strong><\/a> &mdash; the report can be seen as a positive one, that <strong>perhaps progress is being made.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It appears that firms are <strong>getting better at understanding<\/strong> what needs to be done in order to stay protected. 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