Research is suggesting that the number of ransomware incidents has risen in 2019. The payment method of choice for the majority of this cybercrime is cryptocurrency, predominantly bitcoin. Could BTC price fluctuations be linked to the increase in this online nefarious activity?
https://bitcoinist.com/could-ransomware-be-driving-up-bitcoin-prices/It still depends, since not all of the victims are paying, most of them are just formatting their computer and let the files be gone. But when it comes to big companies that needs the files, they are bound to accept their fate, except those that are just new, when the solution for the ransomeware was created. Meaning to say that not much effect has been impacted the market because of this reason.