Charles Cooper: WannaCry was a global coordinated ransomware attack against tens of thousands of private and public sector organizations around the globe. The number of organizations victimized by ransomware tripled between the first and third quarters of 2016 alone. The average ransomware attack last year netted $1,077, a 266 percent increase from 2015. The most common type of ransomware used nowadays is called crypto-ransomware, which seeks to encrypt personal data and files, and locks up the victims computer entirely.”]
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