Ransomware Reaches A Record High, But Payouts Are Dwindling

Shed a tear, if you can, for the poor, misunderstood cybercriminals hard at work trying to earn a dishonest crust by infecting organisations with ransomware. Newly released research has revealed that the riches to be made from encrypting a company’s data and demanding a ransom are not proving so easy to come by as they once were. Because, although the number of ransomware attacks are reported to have reached record-breaking heights in the first months of 2025, gangs’ profits are thought to be plummeting. BlackFog’s “State of Ransomware” report, details over 100 publicly-disclosed attacks in…