Total cost: ransom demand costs + downtime costs Country Private and public sector-only – Home users excluded Ransom demand costs only Country Country-by-country breakdown – Home users included Ransom demand costs only Country The statistics are based primarily on submissions to ID Ransomware and the calculation method is explained at the end of the report. The data includes ransom demands, the cost of downtime, and the overall global cost of ransomware, as well as separate statistics focused on the public and private sectors. The statistics below show the devastating economic toll ransomware has taken in a number of key markets. Globally, a minimum of $18 billion was paid in ransoms, while the cost of downtime in the private and public sectors added billions more in costs. The average ransom demand grew by more than 80 percent. Ransomware caused hundreds of billions of dollars of economic damage in 2020.Īs the world struggled to navigate the challenges of the pandemic, ransomware gangs thrived, with the increased adoption of data exfiltration helping create a lucrative year for the criminals – and a costly and extremely disruptive year for victims.
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