Software Advice: Provider Actions and the Fate of Healthcare Data After Ransomware Attacks

  1. 13% Paid the ransom and recovered data
  2. 4% Paid the ransom but did not recover data
  3. 35% Decrypted data/removed the ransomware without paying ransom
  4. 27% Lost data but recovered from attack using data backup
  5. 3% Accepted permanent loss of data (did not have a data backup)
  6. 17% Other
  7. 1% Not sure
Notes: Based on data from Software Advice’s 2024 Medical Cybersecurity Survey

Source: Software Advice via Business Wire, May 21, 2024 - https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240521811121/en/More-Than-One-in-Four-…