🗃️ Behind the rise of ransomware

The shift to extorting organizations, instead of individuals, transformed the digital extortion industry profoundly. By increasing the importance of any single victim in the eyes of the attackers, it made ransomware more disruptive. By making digital extortion so profitable, it attracted a flurry of new activity and investment from cybercriminals. #cyber #digital #disruptive #threats #report #ransomware #databreach #informatique

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/behind-the-rise-of-ransomware/