Ransomware payments fell by more than a third in 2024, as an increasing number of victims refused to negotiate with pirates.
In A report published WednesdayCrypto Forensics Firmalysis said that if ransomware gang leak sites displayed more victims than in previous years in 2024, fewer victims yielded to pirate requests. Chainalysis reported a 35% drop in ransom payments, ransomware hackers receiving a total of $ 814 million compared to the record sum of $ 1.25 billion.
In additional evidence of victims refusing to respond to the requests of the attackers, the chainysysysis said that during the second half of 2024, the sums required by cyber gangs were 53% higher than real payments – despite an increase the number of ransomware attacks.
The chain analysis says that the drop in surprise – the first observed since 2022 – was also drawn by an increase in the application measures of the law, Including the disruption of the prolific gang of locking ransomwareand improvement of international collaboration.
