Ransomware extortionists continue to innovate both their technology and their criminal modus operandi at an accelerating pace, experts warn. Data leaking in particular has helped fuel a boom in ransom payments. At least 17 ransomware operations are now stealing data and threatening to leak it unless victims pay. Data exfiltration and the threat of leaking data have driven record ransomware profits. Experts warn that there will be more cases of data theft in 2021 than there were in 2020 – likely, at least twice as many.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/fueled-by-profits-ransomware-persists-in-new-year-a-15818