Οι ιδιοκτήτες επιχειρήσεων στις ΗΠΑ αναγνωρίζουν τη σοβαρότητα των επιθέσεων με ransomware και το ενδεχόμενο διατάραξης των επιχειρηματικών τους δραστηριοτήτων, αλλά το 84 τοις εκατό αναφέρουν ότι δεν θα καταβάλουν τα λύτρα σε περίπτωση μιας επίθεσης από ramsomware, σύμφωνα με το IDT911. 
Of these business owners, some people often make frequent back-up of their records and therefore could restore procedures, while others simply will not pay cyber criminals even if it meant not recovering the data their.
Security experts have predicted that 2016 will be the year of ransomware after a dramatic rise in attacks last year with this malware.
The FBI's Internet Crime Compliant Center reports a total of 2.453 ransomware complaints for 2015, costing their victims more than 24 millions dollars.
From 1 in January, Symantec Security Response has recorded an average of 4.000 ransomware attacks a day, an increase of 300 percent since last year.
While such an intervention is detrimental to organizations of all sizes, every minute that forces a business to stay offline is particularly detrimental to revenue inflows.
More than half businesses (60 τοις εκατό) αναγνωρίζουν τη σοβαρότητα μιας τέτοιας επίθεσης και συμφωνούν ότι θα πρέπει να το αναφέρουν άμεσα στις αρχές επιβολής του νόμου. Ένας στους τρεις ερωτηθέντες (33 τοις εκατό), αναφέρει ότι δεν μπορούσαν να μείνουν χωρίς access σε κρίσιμα συστήματα των επιχειρήσεων τους για οποιαδήποτε χρονικό space.
Despite increased awareness of ransomware attacks, research responses have shown that business owners have too much confidence in their back-up systems:
The majority (65 percent) currently do not want or want to budge additional funds to regain access to infected systems, and more than half (52 percent) do not have any insurance protection on the internet.
The main findings of the survey:
- Only three per cent states that they will pay 10.000 dollars or more for a ransomware attack, while 10 percent says it will pay from 1 to 100 dollars.
- Nearly a quarter of business owners (22 per cent) report that they recognize the need to back up their data.
- Female business owners are more likely to report ransomware attacks to authorities immediately.
- 18-34 age owners are more likely to have online insurance in their business than those aged 35-44.
