In August, a white hat hacker stole around $600 million-worth of cryptocurrency from a bitcoin-based platform before returning almost all of it. Ransomware is estimated to cost the global economy at least 30 billion and as much as 120 billion annually. OReilly recently conducted research which found that 6% of respondents have worked for organisations that fell victim to a ransomware attack. The best defense against ransomware is to be prepared, and that means taking the human factor into account.”]
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