Money stolen falls from record $1.25bn to $813m as more victims refuse to pay off criminal gangsRansomware payments fell by more than a third last year to $813m (£650m) as victims refused to pay cybercriminals and law enforcement cracked down on gangs, figures reveal.The decline in such cyber-attacks where access to a computer or its data is blocked and money is then demanded to release it came despite a number of high-profile cases in 2024, with victims including <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/21/hacked-london-nhs-hospitals-data-allegedly-published-online”>NHS trusts in the UK and US doughnut firm Krispy Kreme. <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/05/global-ransomware-payments-plunge-by-a-third-amid-crackdown”>Continue reading…
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