About ransomwareready

ransomwareready explains how ransomware attacks actually unfold and what preparation lets an organisation resist one and recover without paying. Ransomware content is full of vendor fear-marketing, so this page states plainly who publishes this and why.

Publisher

The site is published by SEQ SIA (reg. No. 40203410806), Lastādijas iela 12 k-3, Riga, LV-1050, Latvia, trading as OffSeq, which does penetration testing, security assessments and incident-response preparation. Contact: support@offseq.com.

Who writes it

Articles are produced and reviewed by OffSeq practitioners who work on intrusion simulation and incident readiness. They carry team rather than personal bylines, with editorial responsibility held by SEQ SIA. A named author, where credited, appears under the headline and links to a profile page.

How claims are sourced

• Attack-stage descriptions follow publicly documented intrusion patterns and named research – for example CISA advisories, ENISA threat reports and vendor incident studies that publish their methodology.
• Every statistic names its source and its year, because ransomware figures age fast and vary widely by sample. Numbers we cannot attribute are left out.
• We do not publish payloads, tooling or operational detail that would help an attacker.
• The “Updated” date moves only with the text, enforced by an automated content-hash ledger.

Commercial interest

We sell testing and readiness services. A site that explains ransomware risk clearly is also a way for organisations to find us, and that interest should be part of how you read it.

• Links to OffSeq are our own service links.
• No backup, EDR or insurance vendor pays for a mention. There is no advertising, sponsored content or affiliate revenue.
• The controls that matter most here – tested offline backups, multi-factor authentication, prompt patching, least privilege – are mostly configuration and discipline rather than a purchase, and the guides say so.

What this site is not

It is not incident response. If you are being extorted right now, involve law enforcement, your insurer and a response provider; nothing on this page substitutes for that. It is also not legal advice on the lawfulness of paying a ransom, which depends on sanctions and local law.

Corrections

Send corrections to support@offseq.com. We fix substantive errors and re-date the page in the open.