Ransomware Leverage is Growing by the Terabyte: Takeaways from ThreatLabz 2026 Ransomware Report

**Executive summary:** In 2026 ransomware shifted toward terabyte-scale data theft (reported exfiltration rose 275.8% to 896.2 TB), with attackers increasingly targeting high-impact business users and abusing trusted collaboration and remote-support tools to gain access, enabling reconnaissance, lateral movement, and large-scale exfiltration; victim counts remain elevated and average ransom payments rose despite lower total payment volume.