2016 was the year when sooner or later became now for cyberthreats. Ransomware continued its relentless march across the world with more new malware families, more modifications, more attacks and more victims. The biggest financial heist did not involve a stock exchange: the SWIFT-enabled bank heists that stole billions of dollars, and more. The BlackEnergy attack was only in early 2016, it was only the effect of the BlackEnergy cyber-attack on the Ukrainian energy sector that became clear at the end of 2015.”]
Source: https://securelist.com/kaspersky-security-bulletin-2016-executive-summary/76858/