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The cost of ransomware attacks worldwide will go beyond $265 billion in the next decade

Posted on 7 June 2021

From zdnet.com

Ransomware is now one of the most potentially damaging — and a very popular — types of malware. If ransomware lands on a vulnerable system, files are usually encrypted, users are locked out, and payment is demanded, usually in cryptocurrency, in return for a decryption key. 

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