It's not just ransomware you have to worry about; this new variant could leak sensitive data to the public as well.
As companies grow aware of the threat of ransomware, threat actors are upping the ante with “doxware” by implementing features to ransomware that could leak a victim's data if ransoms aren't paid.
While he couldn't confirm instances of threat actors making good on their promise to leak files, Dunbar Security Solutions Chief Operating Officer Chris Ensey told SCMagazine.com that his team has examined code in development that would allow a Jigsaw variant to leak a users files.
Ensey said doxware could have the power to “shift the odds in favor of the adversaries” because businesses in particular would be more likely to pay if there is a possibility that sensitive data could be released to the public as opposed to cutting losses starting fresh from backup data as businesses can do with current variants of ransomware.