Extract from Frank Ready’s article “5 Harsh Truths About Ransomware Attacks”
The FBI in October announced that cybercrime incidents had “sharply declined” since 2018. Still, that doesn’t necessarily mean that the citizens of cyberspace can sleep easy.
It turns out that crime really does pay sometimes, and bad actors still have plenty of incentive to infiltrate organizations—and sometimes even cities—and hold sensitive information hostage. Poor cybersecurity and anonymous online payments have both reduced the barriers and lowered the risk of getting caught. Basically it’s rabbit hunting season.
