This year the cost of ransomware may reach 40-times that of last year, according to a report from the Herjavec Group. Penalties for nonpayment include deleting, publishing, and selling your data to other hackers. Organizations should consider anti-spam tools that require manual confirmation from a human being before letting email through. They should also look into blocking all email attachments and using other more secure file transfer methods and deploying a best-in-breed anti-phishing tool.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/ransomware-rages-on/d/d-id/1327015