{"id":342143,"date":"2025-08-13T18:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/342143\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T18:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:08:13","slug":"ransomware-losing-its-grip-only-17-of-uk-businesses-are-paying-the-ransom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/342143\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware losing its grip? Only 17% of UK businesses are paying the ransom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Organisations are now more than three times more likely to recover from backups than pay the ransom. Databarracks&#8216; Data Health Check 2025 reveals ransomware payments are in steep decline.<\/p>\n<p>LONDON, Aug. 13, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Is ransomware losing its grip? According to Databarracks&#8216; newly published Data Health Check 2025, organisations are turning the tide &#8211; opting to recover from backups instead of paying ransoms.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgd41bleft\" title=\"17% of UK businesses hit by ransomware in the past year paid the ransom\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Databarracks_Ransomware.jpg\" alt=\"17% of UK businesses hit by ransomware in the past year paid the ransom\" align=\"middle\" data-name=\"url$https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2749703%2FDatabarracks_Ransomware.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The annual survey of 500 IT decision-makers &#8211; released just days after the UK Government confirmed new ransomware rules &#8211; reveals a significant shift in how organisations respond to attacks. Just 17% of those hit by ransomware in the past year paid the ransom &#8211; down from 27% in 2024 and 44% in 2023. In contrast, 57% recovered from backups.<\/p>\n<p>That means organisations are now more than three times more likely to recover from backups than pay the ransom. Better backup practices are a factor in this:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>72% of organisations now have air-gapped backups<\/li>\n<li>59% have immutable backups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The report shows more organisations are also formalising their stance: 24% now have a policy never to pay a ransom &#8211; double the figure from 2023. <\/p>\n<p>This shift comes as the UK Government confirms its new ransomware policy, which includes a ban on ransom payments by public sector bodies and Critical National Infrastructure operators, plus mandatory reporting and pre-payment notification for the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>James Watts, Managing Director at Databarracks, commented:<\/p>\n<p>&#8222;The government&#8217;s new stance is bold &#8211; but the data shows the direction of travel was already clear. In some sense, the policy is a formalisation of where UK businesses were already headed. Paying the ransom used to feel like the only option. Now, the best-prepared organisations are recovering faster, more reliably, and without funding criminals. Air-gapped and immutable backups are giving organisations the confidence to say no &#8211; and back it up.&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>The Data Health Check 2025 also shows that improving backup processes is now the top IT resilience priority for UK organisations &#8211; ahead of both continuity planning and recovery testing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8222;Recovery isn&#8217;t a last resort &#8211; it&#8217;s a strategy,&#8220; added Watts.<\/p>\n<p> &#8222;The organisations that plan and rehearse their recoveries are the ones that come through an attack strongest. That&#8217;s how you beat ransomware &#8211; not by paying, but by preparing to recover.&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Download the full report: <br \/>https:\/\/www.databarracks.com\/resources\/data-health-check-2025 <\/p>\n<p>Explore the highlights: <br \/>https:\/\/datahealthcheck.databarracks.com\/2025<\/p>\n<p><b>About Databarracks <br \/><\/b>Databarracks is the technology and business resilience specialist. <\/p>\n<p>In 2003, we launched one of the world&#8217;s first managed Backup services to bring indestructible resilience to mission-critical data. <\/p>\n<p>Today, we deliver award-winning IT resilience and continuity services. We help organisations get the most out of the cloud and protect their data, wherever it lives. <br \/>And we back this up with unbeatable support. There&#8217;s no such thing as &#8218;above and beyond&#8216; for our engineers because they only work to one standard: to keep your systems running perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>Enterprise-class continuity, security and resilience. Accessible for all. <\/p>\n<p><b>Press contacts <br \/><\/b>Avinash Nandra\/Alex Henderson&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Spreckley Partners Ltd <br \/>Email: databarrackspr@spreckley.co.uk<br \/>Tel: +44 (0) 207 388 9988<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Databarracks_Ransomware.jpg<\/p>\n<p id=\"PURL\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cision\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" alt=\"Cision\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755108492_607_favicon.png\"\/> View original content:https:\/\/www.prnewswire.co.uk\/news-releases\/ransomware-losing-its-grip-only-17-of-uk-businesses-are-paying-the-ransom-302528876.html<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=EN50628&amp;Transmission_Id=202508130603PR_NEWS_EURO_ND__EN50628&amp;DateId=20250813\" style=\"border:0px; width:1px; height:1px;\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Organisations are now more than three times more likely to recover from backups than pay the ransom. 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