From helpnetsecurity.com
The history of ransomware attacks covers slightly over 30 years. Over this modest period, cybercriminals have been relentlessly building ransomware capacities and improving logistics to facilitate the infections of their victims and reach the most high-profile targets. This helped ransomware operators climb to the top of the cybercriminal hierarchy and earn the name of the number one cyber threat. In the first 11 months of 2021, more than 60% of all the incidents investigated by Group-IB concerned ransomware.