Yuryna Connolly, Lena;
Borrion, Herve;
(2022)
Reducing Ransomware Crime: Analysis of Victims' Payment Decisions.
Computers & Security
, 119
, Article 102760. 10.1016/j.cose.2022.102760.
Preview |
Text
Borrion_1-s2.0-S0167404822001559-main.pdf Download (829kB) | Preview |
Abstract
In this paper, the decision-making processes of victims during ransomware attacks were analysed. Forty-one ransomware attacks using qualitative data collected from organisations and police officers from cybercrime units in the UK were examined. The hypothesis tested in this paper is that victims carefully analyse the situation before deciding whether to pay a ransom. This research confirms that victims often weigh the costs and benefits of interventions before making final decisions, and that their decisions are based on a range of reasons. As ransomware attacks become more prevalent globally, the findings should be highly relevant to those developing guidance and policies to prevent or minimise ransom payments.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Reducing Ransomware Crime: Analysis of Victims' Payment Decisions |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cose.2022.102760 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2022.102760 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Ransomware attacks, Organisations, Decision processes, Ransom payments, Cybercrime |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Security and Crime Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10149020 |
Archive Staff Only
 |
View Item |
