Insurer Resilience extortion-related claims shift toward data theft in 2025
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Extortion-only ransomware claims surged in 2025, with 65% of Insurer Resilience’s extortion-related claims in H2 2025 involving no encryption. The shift raises operational and legal pressure because attackers are relying more on data theft and leak threats than on decryption keys. By year-end 2025, only 13% of attacks used encryption alone, while data theft accounted for 87% of ransomware claims.
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11.06.2026 13:20 2 articles · 8h ago
Insurer Resilience extortion-related claims shift toward data theft in 2025
Initial DisclosureIn the first half of **2025**, extortion claims were already shifting away from encryption toward stolen-data pressure. The pattern accelerated in the second half of the year as non-encrypting extortion became the majority of claims.
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- Extortion-Only Attacks Increase, With Data Theft Dominating Ransomware Claims — www.infosecurity-magazine.com — 11.06.2026 13:20
- Extortion-Only Attacks Increase, With Data Theft Dominating Ransomware Claims — www.infosecurity-magazine.com — 11.06.2026 13:20