U.S. average amount of ransom payments related to cyber attacks Q1 2022-Q4 2023
In the fourth quarter of 2023, the average ransom payment for cyber attacks in the United States amounted to over 568 thousand U.S. dollars, down from nearly 850 thousand U.S. dollars in the third quarter of 2023. This figure had increased significantly since the first quarter of 2022, when the average amount of ransom payments in the U.S. was approximately 212 thousand U.S. dollars.