Ransomware is a piece of malicious software that prevents users from using their devices or accessing their personal or important files, unless a sum of money is paid. Payment is usually demanded in cryptocurrency, such as Monero or Bitcoin. The ransom demands fluctuate wildly, from the equivalent of a couple of hundred dollars to several hundred thousand. The most disruptive forms of ransomware are known as disk-encryptors, which prevent users from booting their entire operating system as the ransomware holds the entire disk drive hostage”]