Ransomware attacks pummeled local governments, schools districts and healthcare providers across the U.S. in the first three quarters of this year. The FBI this week issued a fresh warning about the threat. There is no guarantee that attackers will provide the decryption keys to retrieve the encrypted files once a ransom is paid, the FBI says. An audit of Baltimore’s response to a ransomware attack estimated that it had cost the city at least $18 million since May (see: Baltimore lost critical data because data was stored on user systems)”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/just-how-widespread-ransomware-epidemic-a-13183