However, for 9% of ransomware victims, the total costs ranged from $2,000 to $4,999.
Furthermore, for 17% of victims, the payment of the ransom did not guarantee the return of the stolen data, while the percentage of those who paid the ransom to regain access to their data was the highest (65%) among those aged between the ages of 35 and 44, or two-thirds of them.
By comparison, just over half (52%) of those aged 16-24 and only 11% of those over 55 used this approach, showing that younger users are more likely to pay a ransom than those over 55 years.
