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MY TAKE: A primer on how ransomware arose to the become an enduring scourge

The Last Watchdog

A survey of local media reports by Recorded Future tallied 38 ransomware attacks against cities in 2017, rising to 53 attacks in 2018. insurance giant Beazley Worldwide reported that the average ransomware demand in 2018 was more than $116,000, a figure admittedly skewed by some very large demands. A poll of IT pros in the U.S.,