Ransomware gangs staged a “major comeback” last year, according to research, with victims of hacking attacks paying out a record $1.1bn to assailants.
Cyber criminals stepped up their global operations in 2023 after a lull in 2022, with victims including hospitals, schools and major corporations. Payments to criminal gangs in the wake of attacks doubled compared with 2022 when $567m was paid out, a report by the cryptocurrency research firm Chainalysis found.
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Source: The Guardian