{"id":83725,"date":"2026-04-08T07:31:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/?p=83725"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:54:31","slug":"why-ransomware-demands-are-increasing-as-fewer-companies-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-ca\/blog\/why-ransomware-demands-are-increasing-as-fewer-companies-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Ransomware Demands Are Increasing as Fewer Companies Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"case-study-image-and-title\" class=\"vc_section blog-header-top-padding vc_custom_1743006484198 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 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\n.vcex-video.wpex-bg-black {\n  border-radius: 15px;\n  overflow: hidden;\n}\n\n.vcex-video-inner video {\n  border-radius: 15px;\n}\n\n.case-study-video {\nborder-radius: 15px !important;\n}\n\n.cs-red-heading {\n      color: #EC0912;\nfont-weight: 600;\n    }\n.vcex-heading-inner {\nmargin-bottom:12px;\n}\n        .single-post-title {\n            display: none;\n        }\n    ul.meta {\n       display:none;\n        }\n\n.parent-div {\n  display: flex !important; 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And yet, a record number of organizations refused to pay them. You&#8217;d think those two trends would push costs down. They haven&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding why matters a lot if your Incident Response plan currently starts and ends with backups.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"case-study-blurb-and-scenario\" class=\"vc_section vc_custom_1775655878356 wpex-relative\"><div id=\"video\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex wpex-relative no-bottom-margins\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\" id=\"video\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326df1955{color:#3e3d3e;font-size:35px;font-weight:400;}@media (max-width:1024px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326df1955{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326df1955{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326df1955{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326df1955{font-size:25px;}}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-div vcex_69d7326df1955 translation-block\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">The Numbers Don't Add Up <strong><span style=\"color: #e31f26\">Until They Do<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/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>Coalition\u2019s 2026 Cyber Claims Report pulls from real claims data across more than 100,000 policyholders. It found that within that community, initial ransom demands averaged over $1 million in 2025, while 86% of targeted businesses refused to pay. That\u2019s genuinely good news. Better backups, tested incident response plans, and skilled negotiators have given organisations leverage they didn\u2019t have five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>But ransomware incidents still rank as the most expensive type of cyber claim for Coalition insureds, averaging $302,000 per incident for the most common attack variant. Refusing to pay doesn&#8217;t mean walking away clean. It just means the costs are showing up somewhere else.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"case-study-solution\" class=\"vc_section vc_custom_1775655666308 wpex-relative\"><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\"><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326df2a24{color:#3e3d3e;font-size:35px;font-weight:400;}@media (max-width:1024px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326df2a24{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326df2a24{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326df2a24{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326df2a24{font-size:25px;}}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-div vcex_69d7326df2a24 translation-block\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Encryption Isn't the <strong><span style=\"color: #e31f26\">Only Threat Anymore<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/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>The old ransomware playbook was straightforward. Attackers lock your files, you restore from backup, you decline to pay, you move on. That still happens. But it&#8217;s no longer the main event.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, 70% of ransomware claims in Coalition&#8217;s data involved both encryption and data theft. The industry calls this dual extortion. Attackers don&#8217;t just lock your data. They take it first, and then they threaten to release it.<\/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><style>.vcex-image.vcex_69d7326df3346 .vcex-image-img{border-radius:15px;}<\/style><figure class=\"vcex-image vcex-module wpex-text-center case-study-video vcex_69d7326df3346\"><div class=\"vcex-image-inner wpex-relative wpex-inline-block\"><img width=\"1200\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ransomware-ven-diagram.png\" class=\"vcex-image-img wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ransomware-ven-diagram.png 1200w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ransomware-ven-diagram-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ransomware-ven-diagram-1024x307.png 1024w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ransomware-ven-diagram-768x230.png 768w, https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ransomware-ven-diagram-18x5.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"vcex-image-caption wpex-mt-10\">Image courtesy of Coalition 2026 Cyber Claims Report: https:\/\/www.coalitioninc.com\/claims-report\/2026<\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 10px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;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>Allianz Commercial saw a similar shift in its claims data. In the first half of 2025, 40% of the value of large cyber claims involved data exfiltration, up from 25% for all of 2024. Those incidents cost more than twice as much as cases without data theft.<\/p>\n<p>That gap makes sense when you think about what&#8217;s actually involved. Encrypted data is a recovery problem. Stolen data is a legal problem, a regulatory problem, and a reputational problem, one that can mean breach notifications, regulatory investigations, and litigation that drags on well after your systems are back up.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"case-study-results\" class=\"vc_section vc_custom_1775655657937 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 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\"><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326e00477{color:#3e3d3e;font-size:35px;font-weight:400;}@media (max-width:1024px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326e00477{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326e00477{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326e00477{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326e00477{font-size:25px;}}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-div vcex_69d7326e00477 translation-block\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Backups Help. <strong><span style=\"color: #e31f26\">They're Also a Target.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/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>Good backups are still the foundation. If your systems can be restored cleanly, you&#8217;ve removed the attacker&#8217;s most immediate leverage, which is why the non-payment rate is at a record high.<\/p>\n<p>The catch is that sophisticated ransomware actors know this. A common pattern is that they don&#8217;t just encrypt production systems and disappear. When possible, they spend time in the environment, mapping out how backups run and where they&#8217;re stored, and analyzing which critical data sets the organization can&#8217;t function without. Then, before triggering encryption, they go after the backups, encrypting or deleting them specifically to eliminate the easy recovery path. That&#8217;s the moment a ransomware incident becomes a business continuity crisis and a security problem.<\/p>\n<p>And even if backups survive intact, they can&#8217;t undo exfiltration. Once data has left the environment, it&#8217;s out. The operational downtime ends when systems are restored. The exposure doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_section vc_custom_1775655675234 vc_section-o-content-middle vc_section-flex 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 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\"><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326e014ea{color:#3e3d3e;font-size:35px;font-weight:400;}@media (max-width:1024px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326e014ea{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326e014ea{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326e014ea{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326e014ea{font-size:25px;}}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-div vcex_69d7326e014ea translation-block\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">When the Standard Options <strong><span style=\"color: #e31f26\">Aren't Enough<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/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\">In DriveSavers Data Recovery\u2019s experience across thousands of recoveries, <a href=\"\/en-ca\/data-recovery-for-enterprise\/\" target=\"_self\">enterprise data recovery<\/a> tends to come up in three situations that don\u2019t get enough attention in most ransomware planning conversations.<\/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_custom_1769696500023 vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex wpex-relative wpex-vc-has-custom-column-spacing wpex-vc-column-spacing-20 wpex-vc_row-has-fill no-bottom-margins wpex-vc-reset-negative-margin\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4 wpex-vc_col-has-fill\"><div style=\"border-color:#000000!important;\" class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1772463581734\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex-icon-box.vcex_69d7326e0265c .vcex-icon-box-content{color:#6f737e;}.vcex-icon-box.vcex_69d7326e0265c .vcex-icon-box-heading{color:#f60000;}.vcex-icon-box.vcex_69d7326e0265c .vcex-icon-box-icon{color:#f60000;}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-module vcex-icon-box vcex-icon-box-two wpex-block wpex-text-center vcex_69d7326e0265c\"><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-symbol vcex-icon-box-symbol--icon wpex-mb-20\"><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-icon wpex-items-center wpex-justify-center wpex-child-inherit-color wpex-text-center wpex-leading-none wpex-inline-flex wpex-text-1\"><span class=\"wpex-flex fa fa-solid fa-square-virus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-text\"><h2 class=\"vcex-icon-box-heading wpex-heading wpex-text-md wpex-mb-10\">Compromised Backups<\/h2><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-content wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>The most common is compromised backups. When threat actors have encrypted or deleted backup systems before the main attack, there&#8217;s often no clean restore path. Data recovery from the encrypted storage itself becomes an important option to explore.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4 wpex-vc_col-has-fill\"><div style=\"border-color:#000000!important;\" class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1772463589139\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex-icon-box.vcex_69d7326e0322e .vcex-icon-box-content{color:#6f737e;}.vcex-icon-box.vcex_69d7326e0322e .vcex-icon-box-heading{color:#f60000;}.vcex-icon-box.vcex_69d7326e0322e .vcex-icon-box-icon{color:#f60000;}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-module vcex-icon-box vcex-icon-box-two wpex-block wpex-text-center vcex_69d7326e0322e\"><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-symbol vcex-icon-box-symbol--icon wpex-mb-20\"><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-icon wpex-items-center wpex-justify-center wpex-child-inherit-color wpex-text-center wpex-leading-none wpex-inline-flex wpex-text-1\"><span class=\"wpex-flex fa fa-solid fa-clock-rotate-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-text\"><h2 class=\"vcex-icon-box-heading wpex-heading wpex-text-md wpex-mb-10\">Backup Lag<\/h2><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-content wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>The second is backup lag. Even intact, verified backups may not be current enough. Data that was created or changed since the last backup cycle is gone from the backup, and depending on how critical that data is, &#8220;close enough&#8221; may not be good enough.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4 wpex-vc_col-has-fill\"><div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f200!important;border-color:#000000!important;\" class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1772463699725\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex-icon-box.vcex_69d7326e03d74 .vcex-icon-box-content{color:#6f737e;}.vcex-icon-box.vcex_69d7326e03d74 .vcex-icon-box-heading{color:#f60000;}.vcex-icon-box.vcex_69d7326e03d74 .vcex-icon-box-icon{color:#f60000;}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-module vcex-icon-box vcex-icon-box-two wpex-block wpex-text-center vcex_69d7326e03d74\"><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-symbol vcex-icon-box-symbol--icon wpex-mb-20\"><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-icon wpex-items-center wpex-justify-center wpex-child-inherit-color wpex-text-center wpex-leading-none wpex-inline-flex wpex-text-1\"><span class=\"wpex-flex fa fa-solid fa-circle-dollar-to-slot\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-text\"><h2 class=\"vcex-icon-box-heading wpex-heading wpex-text-md wpex-mb-10\">Paid Ransoms \u2260 Full Recovery<\/h2><div class=\"vcex-icon-box-content wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>The third, and probably the least talked about: paid ransoms don\u2019t always result in full recovery. Decryptors are imperfect. They work on some file types and not others. They decrypt inconsistently across different files. Data can be corrupted. It\u2019s more common than most organisations expect going in, and it leaves them needing another path to the data they paid to get back.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/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>DriveSavers works with organisations in all three of these situations, recovering inaccessible critical data when backups are gone, incomplete, or when decryption didn\u2019t finish the job.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_section vc_custom_1775655682252 vc_section-o-content-middle vc_section-flex 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_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\"><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326e05300{color:#3e3d3e;font-size:35px;font-weight:400;}@media (max-width:1024px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326e05300{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:959px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326e05300{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326e05300{font-size:25px;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex-heading.vcex_69d7326e05300{font-size:25px;}}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-div vcex_69d7326e05300 translation-block\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\"><strong><span style=\"color: #e31f26\">What a Real Recovery Plan<\/span><\/strong> Accounts For\r\n<\/span><\/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>While 86% of businesses are now able to refuse ransom payments, the critical question remains: is your organization truly prepared to resist, or are you simply hoping for the best?<\/p>\n<p>At minimum, that means three things:<\/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_1769696500023 vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex wpex-relative wpex-vc-has-custom-column-spacing wpex-vc-column-spacing-20 wpex-vc_row-has-fill no-bottom-margins wpex-vc-reset-negative-margin\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4 wpex-vc_col-has-fill\"><div style=\"border-color:#000000!important;\" class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1772463581734\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;text-align:center;\" 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=\"display: inline-block; background: #f60000; color: #fff; font-size: 15px; width: 25px; height: 25px; border-radius: 50%; text-align: center; line-height: 25px; font-weight: bold;\">1<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tested, off-site backups that are isolated from the production environment and verified regularly, not just assumed to be working.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4 wpex-vc_col-has-fill\"><div style=\"border-color:#000000!important;\" class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1772463589139\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;letter-spacing:var(--wpex-tracking-tight);text-align:center;\" 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=\"display: inline-block; background: #f60000; color: #fff; font-size: 15px; width: 25px; height: 25px; border-radius: 50%; text-align: center; line-height: 25px; font-weight: bold;\">2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>An incident response plan that addresses dual extortion, not just encryption, with legal and communications protocols ready for data exposure scenarios.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4 wpex-vc_col-has-fill\"><div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f200!important;border-color:#000000!important;\" class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1772463699725\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;text-align:center;\" 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=\"display: inline-block; background: #f60000; color: #fff; font-size: 15px; width: 25px; height: 25px; border-radius: 50%; text-align: center; line-height: 25px; font-weight: bold;\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A clear picture of your data recovery options when backups are partial, outdated, or gone.<\/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\">\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>Ransomware tactics will keep evolving. The window between initial access and data exfiltration is getting shorter. The organisations that come out of these incidents intact are the ones that treated recovery as a capability they built in advance, not something they figured out under pressure.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"case-study-takeaways\" class=\"vc_section vc_custom_1775655699780 vc_section-o-content-middle vc_section-flex 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_1775657923175 vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex wpex-relative wpex-vc_row-has-fill no-bottom-margins wpex-vc-reset-negative-margin\" style=\"background-color:#ebebeb00!important;border-color:#000000!important;\"><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;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 style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"translation-block\">If you\u2019re thinking through your <a href=\"\/en-ca\/ransomware-data-recovery\/\" target=\"_self\">ransomware<\/a> response plan and want to understand where professional data recovery services fit, <strong>contact DriveSavers<\/strong> at <strong><a href=\"\/en-ca\/contact\/\" target=\"_self\">+1 (437) 266-8341<\/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 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\"><div class=\"vcex-spacing wpex-w-100 wpex-clear show-at-mm-breakpoint\" style=\"height:20px;\"><\/div>\n\t<div style=\"color:#6f737e;font-size:16px;\" 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><b>Sources<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Coalition 2026 Cyber Claims Report: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coalitioninc.com\/claims-report\/2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.coalitioninc.com\/claims-report\/2026<\/a><br \/>\nAllianz Commercial Cyber Risk Trends 2025: <a href=\"https:\/\/commercial.allianz.com\/news-and-insights\/news\/cyber-risk-trends-2025.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/commercial.allianz.com\/news-and-insights\/news\/cyber-risk-trends-2025.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ransomware demands surged 47% last year. 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