What does ransomware do?

Ransomware encrypts or otherwise renders data inaccessible and demands a ransom for its return. Beyond encryption, modern variants exfiltrate sensitive data for extortion, attempt to delete or corrupt backups and shadow copies, and disable security tooling to maximize impact.

The combined effect is operational downtime plus a pressure campaign to force payment. Elastio counters the most damaging part — the loss of recoverable data — by confirming, in advance, which backups and snapshots are clean and restorable.