Methods regaining data after ransomware attacks France 2023

A 2023 survey among cybersecurity leaders of organizations in France revealed that 97 percent of the companies that encountered a ransomware attack managed to get the encrypted data back by employing one or more methods. Of this share, 22 percent paid the ransom to restore the stolen data, while 87 percent said they used backups to regain the data.

Methods for restoring data after ransomware attacks at organizations in France as of March 2023

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Got data back via any method	97%
Yes, we used backups to restore the data	87%
Paid the ransom	25%
Yes, we paid the ransom and got data back	22%
Percentage of those that paid the ransom that didn’t get data back	12%
Use more than one method to recover data	12%
Yes, we used other means to get our data back	3%
No, even though we paid the ransom	3%

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Release date

May 2023

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Region

France

Survey time period

January to March 2023

Number of respondents

68 respondents

Special properties

Cybersecurity leaders of 100-5,000 employee organizations

Supplementary notes

The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "Do you know the root cause of the ransomware attack your organization experienced in the last year? Selection of answer options. Base numbers in chart."

The survey was conducted in 14 countries in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific regions.

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