Ransomware remains alive and well, despite headlines about bitcoin heists and cryptojacking. Cybercriminals have been refining their efforts by focusing on high-value targets that they think are more likely to pay large ransoms. Attackers often use brute-force attacks against weak remote desktop protocol or virtual network computing credentials – or purchase those credentials via cybercrime forums – to gain easy access to targeted networks. In one attack, the price for each attack was set at 0.8 bitcoins to unlock, or 5,300 to unlock an individual system.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/samsam-ransomware-offers-volume-decryption-discount-a-10956