Reporting shows companies are still paying ransomware demands despite official advice against it. Paying funds further crime, offers no guarantee of recovery, and marks you as a willing target — yet under pressure, many feel they have no other option.
What it means for you
That sense of having no choice usually traces back to one thing: no reliable, tested way to restore. When backups are missing, out of date or also encrypted, paying can feel like the only path back to operating.
The way to never face that decision is preparation: segregated, tested backups you know you can restore from, plus monitoring to catch ransomware before it spreads. We build that recoverability in so a ransom demand becomes a decision you don’t have to make.
Source: ITPro, 23 July 2026.