From bleepingcomputer.com
Starting last year, ransomware operators have escalated their extortion strategies by stealing files from victims before encrypting their data. These stolen files are then used as further leverage to force victims to pay.
Many ransomware operators have created data leak sites to publicly shame their victims and publish the files they stole.
As this is now a standard tactic for ransomware, all attacks must be treated as a data breaches.