India, Dec. 9 -- The global healthcare sector is finally seeing some breathing room in its long fight with ransomware. According to the latest State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2025 report from Sophos, recovery is getting faster, ransom demands are shrinking, and fewer organisations are choosing to pay.

This shift marks a meaningful change for an industry that has spent years on the defensive.

The biggest finding is clear: healthcare providers are bouncing back faster.

The report notes that 58% of organisations recovered within one week in the past year. That is a sharp rise from 21% in 2024. Recovery costs have also fallen to a three-year low.

Ransom demands have dropped too. The median figure stood at USD 345,000-a 91% fall. And dat...