There were more than 4,000 ransomware attacks daily in 2016, according to Symantecs Security Response group (Report) The FBI says cyber criminals used ransomware to steal over $209 million from U.S. businesses just in the first quarter of 2016. 2017 will see the first ever ransomworm, causing ransomware to spread even faster, experts say. Ransomware as a service (RaaS) will continue to gain foothold given the minimal effort and low cost needed to launch attack.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3151964/ransomworm-the-next-level-of-cybersecurity-nastiness.html