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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Data restoring methods following a ransomware attack in 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.
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Sophos. (May 10, 2023). Methods for restoring data after ransomware attacks at organizations in France as of March 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 07, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1400626/ransomware-data-restore-method-global-france/
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Sophos. (2023). Methods for restoring data after ransomware attacks at organizations in France as of March 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 07, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1400626/ransomware-data-restore-method-global-france/
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Methods for restoring data after ransomware attacks at organizations in France as of March 2023 [Graph], Sophos, May 10, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1400626/ransomware-data-restore-method-global-france/
