{"id":85100,"date":"2026-07-30T07:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/?p=85100"},"modified":"2026-07-30T16:19:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T23:19:02","slug":"to-pay-or-not-to-pay-drivesavers-weighs-in-after-being-quoted-in-the-financial-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/da-dk\/press-coverage\/to-pay-or-not-to-pay-drivesavers-weighs-in-after-being-quoted-in-the-financial-times\/","title":{"rendered":"At betale eller ikke betale: DriveSavers giver sin vurdering, efter at v\u00e6re blevet citeret i Financial Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_section blog-header-top-padding vc_custom_1742716771897 wpex-vc-full-width-section wpex-vc-full-width-section--centered wpex-relative wpex-vc_section-has-fill wpex-vc-reset-negative-margin\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1737675721786 wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t   <style>\n        .single-post-title {\n            display: none;\n        }\n    ul.meta {\n       display:none;\n        }\n\n    <\/style>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vcex-spacing wpex-w-100 wpex-clear\" style=\"height:10px;\"><\/div><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02bb4b2{color:#ffffff;font-size:45px;font-weight:600;}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02bb4b2{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02bb4b2{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02bb4b2{font-size:25px;}}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-div vc_custom_1785411118980 vcex_6a6bfa02bb4b2\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">At betale eller ikke betale: DriveSavers giver sin vurdering, efter at v\u00e6re blevet citeret i Financial Times<\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column presscoverage-radius vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1738287789313\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex-image.vcex_6a6bfa02bbea0 .vcex-image-img{border-radius:var(--wpex-rounded);object-position:center center;}<\/style><figure class=\"vcex-image vcex-module wpex-text-center vcex_6a6bfa02bbea0\"><div class=\"vcex-image-inner wpex-relative wpex-inline-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b6e983d6-ed7e-4d84-bbdb-1faed0650802?syn-25a6b1a6=1\" title=\"The New Yorker Magazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img width=\"1000\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FinancialTimesHeader1.png\" class=\"vcex-image-img wpex-align-middle skip-lazy\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FinancialTimesHeader1.png 1000w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FinancialTimesHeader1-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FinancialTimesHeader1-768x470.png 768w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FinancialTimesHeader1-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:18px;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Antallet af bekr\u00e6ftede ofre for ransomware steg med 389 % \u00e5r-til-\u00e5r i 2025, fra omkring 1.600 i 2024 til 7.831 p\u00e5 verdensplan. N\u00e6sten halvdelen af de ramte virksomheder ender med at betale. Det er denne statistik, der ligger til grund for den debat, som Financial Times for nylig bad DriveSavers om at kommentere: b\u00f8r betaling af l\u00f8sesum simpelthen forbydes?<\/p>\n<p>Vores svar var, at det er kompliceret. Her \u00f8nsker vi at forklare det mere detaljeret, end en nyhedsartikel giver mulighed for, og vise, hvordan denne kompleksitet faktisk ser ud indefra i en datagenoprettelsessag efter et ransomware-angreb.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 30px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><style>.vcex-button.vcex_6a6bfa02bce26{width:450px;}<\/style><div class=\"vc_custom_1785411311117 wpex-clr\"><div class=\"theme-button-wrap textcenter wpex-clr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b6e983d6-ed7e-4d84-bbdb-1faed0650802?syn-25a6b1a6=1\" class=\"vcex-button theme-button align-center inline wpex-flex-shrink-0 vcex_6a6bfa02bce26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"vcex-button-inner theme-button-inner wpex-flex wpex-flex-wrap wpex-items-center wpex-justify-center\">L\u00e6s hele artiklen fra Financial Times<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_section vc_custom_1761159273585 wpex-vc-full-width-section wpex-vc-full-width-section--centered wpex-relative wpex-vc_section-has-fill wpex-vc-reset-negative-margin\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff!important;\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02bdf91{color:#3e3d3e;font-size:35px;font-weight:400;}@media (max-width:1024px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02bdf91{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02bdf91{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02bdf91{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02bdf91{font-size:25px;}}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-div vcex_6a6bfa02bdf91 translation-block\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Argumenterne for og imod <strong><span style=\"color: #e31f26\">et totalforbud<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Den britiske regering arbejder videre med planer om at forbyde l\u00f8sesumbetalinger helt for offentlige myndigheder og udbydere af kritisk national infrastruktur, herunder NHS, kommuner og skoler. Det er et alvorligt svar p\u00e5 et alvorligt problem. De fleste ofre for ransomware er sm\u00e5 og mellemstore virksomheder, ikke operat\u00f8rer af kritisk infrastruktur. Et forbud rettet mod operat\u00f8rer af kritisk infrastruktur rammer derfor kun en lille del af det samlede antal angreb, og vil derfor alene formentlig g\u00f8re lidt for at reducere det samlede omfang af ransomware-kriminalitet.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 10px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><figure class=\"vcex-image vcex-module\"><div class=\"vcex-image-inner wpex-relative wpex-inline-block\"><img width=\"600\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/scalesransomvsfiles2-1.png\" class=\"vcex-image-img wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/scalesransomvsfiles2-1.png 600w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/scalesransomvsfiles2-1-262x300.png 262w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/scalesransomvsfiles2-1-10x12.png 10w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jim Walter, senior threat researcher hos <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sentinelone.com\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SentinelOne<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, har en h\u00e5rdere holdning til betaling generelt. \u201c<em>At betale afpressende trusselakt\u00f8rer styrker kun \u00f8kosystemet og de akt\u00f8rer, der muligg\u00f8r det<\/em>,\u201d sagde han til Financial Times. Man kan ikke stole p\u00e5, at angribere sletter stj\u00e5lne data, og gen-afpresning sker ofte nok til, at han betragter betaling som et nettotab, selv n\u00e5r det tilsyneladende virker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DriveSavers er i princippet ikke uenig i noget af dette. Vores bekymring handler om, hvad der sker, n\u00e5r et betalingsforbud er indf\u00f8rt, men det ikke er muligt at gendanne de kritiske data, der kr\u00e6ves for at genoprette driften. \u201c<em>Situationer er n\u00e6sten altid mere nuancerede, end et forbud tager h\u00f8jde for<\/em>,\u201d sagde Maus til Financial Times. Tag et vandv\u00e6rk eller en regional str\u00f8mudbyder som eksempel. Hvis et angreb l\u00e6gger deres systemer ned, betaling af l\u00f8sesum er forbudt, og der ikke findes en teknisk vej til at genoprette driften, er det hverken hackerne eller de politikere, der har udformet forbuddet, der mister vand eller str\u00f8m; det er kunderne. Betalingsforbud giver mening, n\u00e5r den ramte organisation har et brugbart alternativ til at sikre deres kritiske systemer og gendanne driftsdata. Som Maus sagde: \u201c<em>Et totalforbud uden et s\u00e5dant alternativ kan g\u00f8re mere skade end gavn.<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 10px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Der findes allerede en testcase for dette. North Carolina forb\u00f8d ransomware-betalinger for offentlige myndigheder i 2021, og Florida fulgte trop i 2022. Ingen af forbuddene ser ud til at have haft en m\u00e6rkbar afskr\u00e6kkende effekt p\u00e5 den kriminelle aktivitet i nogen af staterne. Haydn Brooks, administrerende direkt\u00f8r for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/riskledger.com\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Risk Ledger<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, rejste en relateret pointe i samme artikel: hvis offentlige organer ikke kan betale, vil kriminelle grupper sandsynligvis vende sig mod mindre regulerede m\u00e5l i den private sektor, og forsikringsselskaber kan reagere ved helt at udelukke ransomware-udbetalinger, hvilket til geng\u00e6ld vil presse pr\u00e6mierne op. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c01a3{color:#3e3d3e;font-size:35px;font-weight:400;}@media (max-width:1024px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c01a3{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c01a3{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c01a3{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c01a3{font-size:25px;}}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-div vcex_6a6bfa02c01a3 translation-block\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Hvad <strong><span style=\"color: #e31f26\">loven<\/span><\/strong> siger <\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid wpex-relative\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her er der en misforst\u00e5else, som b\u00f8r rettes, i hvert fald if\u00f8lge amerikansk lovgivning. At betale l\u00f8sesum er ikke i sig selv ulovligt efter amerikansk f\u00f8deral lov. I USA er den eneste f\u00f8derale juridiske hindring for betaling OFAC's sanktionsliste. Hvis angriberen er en sanktioneret gruppe, person eller stat, er betalingen ulovlig. Ud over dette findes der ikke noget landsd\u00e6kkende forbud mod, at private organisationer betaler, selvom North Carolina og Florida har forbudt deres egne offentlige myndigheder at g\u00f8re det. Dette har ikke afskr\u00e6kket angreb mod kommuner. Hver amerikansk stat og hvert territorium har sine egne krav til rapportering af databrud, og disse g\u00e6lder, uanset om der er betalt l\u00f8sesum eller ej.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Denne skelnen \u00e6ndrer det egentlige sp\u00f8rgsm\u00e5l, som de fleste virksomheder st\u00e5r over for. Det handler sj\u00e6ldent om lovlighed. Det handler om, hvorvidt betaling er det rigtige valg, i betragtning af de involverede data, de ber\u00f8rte kunder og de reelle chancer for at komme sig efter angrebet.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><figure class=\"vcex-image vcex-module\"><div class=\"vcex-image-inner wpex-relative wpex-inline-block\"><img width=\"669\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Globeandgavel1-1.png\" class=\"vcex-image-img wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Globeandgavel1-1.png 669w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Globeandgavel1-1-300x269.png 300w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Globeandgavel1-1-13x12.png 13w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 10px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Det juridiske billede ser anderledes ud andre steder. Storbritannien, Australien og andre jurisdiktioner, hvor DriveSavers opererer, overvejer eller h\u00e5ndh\u00e6ver allerede deres egne restriktioner, s\u00e5 organisationer uden for USA b\u00f8r ikke antage, at amerikanske regler g\u00e6lder for dem.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c2006{color:#3e3d3e;font-size:35px;font-weight:400;}@media (max-width:1024px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c2006{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c2006{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c2006{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c2006{font-size:25px;}}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-div vcex_6a6bfa02c2006 translation-block\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Hvordan datagenoprettelse efter ransomware <strong><span style=\"color: #e31f26\">virkelig<\/span><\/strong> ser ud<\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">De sager, DriveSavers arbejder med, har en struktur, som ikke var lige s\u00e5 konsekvent for nogle \u00e5r tilbage. F\u00f8r angriberne krypterer systemerne, \u00f8del\u00e6gger eller sletter de nu backup-infrastrukturen: Veeam-backuparkiver, Hyper-V-v\u00e6rter og VMware ESXi-v\u00e6rter er gode eksempler p\u00e5 dette. Cirka halvdelen af de ransomware-datagenoprettelsessager, som DriveSavers har behandlet i l\u00f8bet af de seneste to \u00e5r, involverede angribere, der specifikt m\u00e5lrettede Veeam-backups, f\u00f8r de r\u00f8rte de prim\u00e6re servere. Veeam er den dominerende backup-platform til virtualiserede milj\u00f8er, med omkring 550.000 kunder p\u00e5 verdensplan, og mange IT-teams er ikke klar over, at slettede eller beskadigede Veeam-backupfiler ofte stadig kan gendannes med de propriet\u00e6re gendannelsesv\u00e6rkt\u00f8jer og -teknikker, som DriveSavers har udviklet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dekrypteringsv\u00e6rkt\u00f8jer, der leveres af angriberne, er ogs\u00e5 up\u00e5lidelige, is\u00e6r ved store filer og databaser. Organisationer, der betaler l\u00f8sesum for at f\u00e5 et dekrypteringsv\u00e6rkt\u00f8j, har ofte stadig brug for professionel datagenoprettelse bagefter for at f\u00e5 et komplet s\u00e6t brugbare filer, fordi selve dekrypteringsprocessen efterlader dataene beskadigede. Og uforanderlige (immutable) backups er, selvom de virkelig er v\u00e6rd at investere i, ikke fejlsikre. DriveSavers har genskabt kritiske data i sager, hvor en backupserver markedsf\u00f8rt som uforanderlig var blevet fuldst\u00e6ndig slettet, fordi den software, der administrerede denne uforanderlighed, selv var blevet kompromitteret.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I en nylig sag hjalp DriveSavers et forsikringsselskab med at undg\u00e5 et l\u00f8sesumkrav, der blev beskrevet som liggende i millionklassen, ved at gendanne alle n\u00f8dvendige driftsdata fra slettede backups. De n\u00f8dvendige datagenoprettelsesydelser kostede kun en br\u00f8kdel af det bel\u00f8b. Det er en del af en bredere udvikling: forsikringsselskaber sp\u00f8rger nu rutinem\u00e6ssigt, om datagenoprettelse er mulig, f\u00f8r de godkender en l\u00f8sesumbetaling, hvilket ikke var et standardsp\u00f8rgsm\u00e5l for nogle \u00e5r siden.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c2fa4{color:#3e3d3e;font-size:35px;font-weight:400;}@media (max-width:1024px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c2fa4{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c2fa4{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c2fa4{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c2fa4{font-size:25px;}}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-div vcex_6a6bfa02c2fa4 translation-block\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Gendannelse er nogle gange mulig uden at betale. <strong><span style=\"color: #e31f26\">Men ikke altid.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At betale en l\u00f8sesum garanterer ikke, at angriberne udleverer en fungerende dekrypteringsn\u00f8gle, at dine data kommer tilbage intakte, eller at stj\u00e5lne data ikke alligevel dukker op et andet sted senere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Det modsatte udsagn kr\u00e6ver samme forsigtighed, og det er nyttigt at skelne mellem to begreber: <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 10px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_column-gap-30 vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6 wpex-vc_col-has-fill\"><div style=\"border-color:#3e3d3e!important;\" class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1785422866332\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 5px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#e31f26;font-size:14px;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h4>Definition<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3>Ransomware Data Recovery Services<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 15px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faktisk at gendanne eller reparere de originale filer fra det, der overlevede angrebet \u2013 uanset om det er produktionssystemer, beskadigede backups eller delvise kopier \u2013 er det, DriveSavers g\u00f8r. Det er nogle gange muligt og nogle gange ikke, afh\u00e6ngigt af hvilken ransomware-variant der er tale om, hvor meget af backup-infrastrukturen der overlevede, om der allerede findes et offentliggjort dekrypteringsv\u00e6rkt\u00f8j til den p\u00e5g\u00e6ldende malware-variant, og hvordan selve angrebet blev udf\u00f8rt.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6 wpex-vc_col-has-fill\"><div style=\"border-color:#3e3d3e!important;\" class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1785422846849\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 5px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#e31f26;font-size:14px;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h4>Definition<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3>Ransomware Recovery<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 15px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>In the broader sense, is better defined as <em>restoration<\/em>. Meaning the organization itself has restored business operations. In cases where the original data genuinely can&#8217;t be recovered, some organizations have to go through the tedious process of data recreation: rebuilding records from connected systems that weren&#8217;t touched, third-party or client-side copies, paper records, or manual reconstruction from transaction logs held elsewhere. That&#8217;s a legal and operational exercise more than a technical one, and it&#8217;s outside DriveSavers Data Recovery&#8217;s specialty, but it&#8217;s a real path, and a failed data recovery attempt shouldn&#8217;t be treated as the end of the road.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1776872682847 vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">F\u00f8r der tr\u00e6ffes en betalingsbeslutning, anbefaler DriveSavers, at man involverer et team for digital retsteknik og incidentrespons samt en breach coach for korrekt at vurdere den samlede risiko for organisationen, fastsl\u00e5 hvilke data der faktisk er blevet stj\u00e5let, om de omfatter personlige eller sundhedsrelaterede oplysninger, identificere hvilken angrebsgruppe der er ansvarlig, og unders\u00f8ge om<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/da-dk\/ransomware-data-recovery\/\" target=\"_self\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">datagenoprettelse efter ransomware<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reelt er en mulighed. Intet af dette underst\u00f8tter en fast regel i nogen af retningerne, og denne samtale b\u00f8r finde sted, f\u00f8r en l\u00f8sesumfrist tvinger en beslutning igennem, ikke bagefter.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c5bb0{color:#3e3d3e;font-size:35px;font-weight:400;}@media (max-width:1024px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c5bb0{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c5bb0{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c5bb0{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c5bb0{font-size:25px;}}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-div vcex_6a6bfa02c5bb0 translation-block\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Hvad der faktisk ville <strong><span style=\"color: #e31f26\">mindske problemet<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nogle af de andre personer, der blev citeret sammen med Maus, fremh\u00e6vede en pointe, der fortjener mere opm\u00e6rksomhed end selve forbudsdebatten. Gavin Millard, VP for produkt hos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tenable.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tenable<\/a>, sagde det ligeud: det mere nyttige sp\u00f8rgsm\u00e5l er, hvordan man fra begyndelsen g\u00f8r ransomware mindre profitabelt. De fleste angreb udnytter stadig kendte s\u00e5rbarheder og eksponerede systemer, hvorfor eksponeringsstyring g\u00f8r mere gavn p\u00e5 lang sigt end nogen betalingspolitik. Spencer Young fra Delinea kom med en relateret pointe om adgangskontrol: at begr\u00e6nse st\u00e5ende tilladelser, s\u00e5 en enkelt stj\u00e5let legitimationsoplysning ikke kan bev\u00e6ge sig frit gennem et netv\u00e6rk, reducerer skaden, selv n\u00e5r et angreb lykkes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid vcex-divider-center wpex-mx-auto wpex-block wpex-h-0 wpex-border-b wpex-border-solid wpex-border-main\" style=\"margin-block-start:20px;margin-inline:5%;border-color:#7a7a7a;\"><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#7a7a7a;font-size:18px;text-align:center;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element vc_custom_1785433138087\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\">Maus fremh\u00e6vede en relateret pointe fra et politisk perspektiv. \u201c<em>I stedet for at forbyde betaling for et angreb, der allerede er sket<\/em>,\u201d sagde han til Financial Times, ville investering i subsidieret backup-infrastruktur eller skatteincitamenter til cybersikkerhedsudgifter \u201c<em>g\u00f8re mere for at mindske den underliggende eksponering<\/em>.\u201d At forebygge krisen er billigere end at lovgive om den bagefter.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid vcex-divider-center wpex-mx-auto wpex-block wpex-h-0 wpex-border-b wpex-border-solid wpex-border-main\" style=\"margin-block-end:20px;margin-inline:5%;border-color:#7a7a7a;\"><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hvad ang\u00e5r beredskab, har de organisationer, der kommer sig hurtigst, som regel allerede p\u00e5 forh\u00e5nd dokumenteret, hvor deres backups opbevares, hvilke systemer der er kritiske, og hvem man skal kontakte, inden et angreb overhovedet finder sted. Den kontaktliste b\u00f8r opbevares et andet sted end de prim\u00e6re servere, s\u00e5 den ikke bliver krypteret sammen med alt andet, og den b\u00f8r omfatte juridisk r\u00e5dgivning, cyberforsikringsselskabet og en datagenoprettelsestjeneste.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c781c{color:#3e3d3e;font-size:35px;font-weight:400;}@media (max-width:1024px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c781c{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c781c{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c781c{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_6a6bfa02c781c{font-size:25px;}}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-div vcex_6a6bfa02c781c translation-block\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Hvad dette betyder for <strong><span style=\"color: #e31f26\">dig<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;letter-spacing:var(--wpex-tracking-normal);\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At l\u00f8se dilemmaet om, hvorvidt man skal betale et ransomware-krav, er aldrig enkelt. Betragt det som en beslutning med flere afg\u00f8rende faktorer, ikke som et enkelt moralsk valg: hvor f\u00f8lsomme dataene er, om backups overlevede, hvem den specifikke angriber er, hvordan den juridiske eksponering ser ud, og hvor realistisk datagenoprettelse faktisk er. Skaf ekstern hj\u00e6lp tidligt, f\u00f8r en l\u00f8sesumfrist tvinger dig til en beslutning, s\u00e5 du har flere af disse faktorer at arbejde med, ikke f\u00e6rre.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1785414187413 wpex-relative wpex-vc_row-has-fill no-bottom-margins wpex-vc-reset-negative-margin\" style=\"border-color:#000000!important;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 wpex-vc_col-has-fill\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1760029818507\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element vc_custom_1785435947920\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Hvis du er blevet ramt af et ransomware-angreb, s\u00e5 kontakt DriveSavers for en gratis konsultation, f\u00f8r du tr\u00e6ffer nogen beslutninger: <a href=\"tel:18882822227\" target=\"_self\">+1 (888) 282-2227<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 10px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">L\u00e6s hele rapporten fra Financial Times:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<em>Surge in ransomware hacks deepens divide over whether to pay<\/em>\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (abonnement kan v\u00e6re p\u00e5kr\u00e6vet).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 30px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vcex-multi-buttons wpex-flex wpex-flex-wrap wpex-items-center wpex-gap-10 wpex-justify-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b6e983d6-ed7e-4d84-bbdb-1faed0650802\" class=\"theme-button flat outline-transparent wpex-text-center vcex-count-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">L\u00e6s hele rapporten fra Financial Times<\/a><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-content-top vc_row-flex wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column blog-educational-image vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 wpex-vc_col-has-fill\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1739319183592\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 70px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;\" class=\"wpb_text_column has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Relaterede indl\u00e6g<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/da-dk\/press-coverage\/drivesavers-new-yorker-full-article\/\">DriveSavers omtalt i The New Yorker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/da-dk\/press-coverage\/drivesavers-featured-in-kqed-forum-when-your-devices-fritz\/\">KQED Forum pr\u00e6senterer DriveSavers i \u201cN\u00e5r dine enheder svigter, og dit digitale liv g\u00e5r tabt. Hvad nu?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/da-dk\/blog\/a-vanishing-act-when-data-disappears-in-the-age-of-ai\/\">Et forsvindingsnummer: cyberangreb og datatab<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/da-dk\/blog\/pre-incident-planning-5-things-to-document-in-an-incident-response-plan\/\">Planl\u00e6gning f\u00f8r en h\u00e6ndelse: 5 ting, der b\u00f8r dokumenteres i en incident response-plan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quoted in the Financial Times, DriveSavers explains why blanket ransomware payment bans can backfire, and what years of ransomware data recovery casework 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