Ransomware-as-a-Service market expands beyond Affiliates to ‘Elite’ programs. The number of people who encountered ransomware grew more than 11 percent to 2.6 million from April 2016 to March 2017. The report is based on ransomware strains encountered by users of Kaspersky Lab’s security products. In May, for example, WannaCry appeared, demonstrating how marrying a worm with a bug could lead to an unexpectedly rapid outbreak. On Tuesday, a global Petya ransomware outbreak affected organizations in Ukraine, Russia, the United Kingdom, India and beyond.”]
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