Extortion-Only Attacks Surge as Data Theft Dominates Ransomware Claims (infosecurity-magazine.com)

• 65% of extortion claims without encryption in H2 2025
• Data theft accounts for 87% of ransomware claims
• 30-40% of payments for data suppression fail

"A Resilience report found that 65% of extortion claims in H2 2025 involved no encryption, up from 49% in H1. Data theft accounted for 87% of ransomware claims by end of 2025. 30-40% of policyholders who paid to suppress data leaks failed."