WannaCry showed it doesn’t discriminate against who it targets. It hit Russia, the US, the UK, but also spread widely in Asia. The region continues to be a key target for cyber criminals. The Magnitude Exploit Kit is being used to exclusively deliver Cerber ransomware. South Korea made the headlines again in June for paying the largest ransom ($1 million) to date for the largest amount ever paid by a cyber crime group in the country. In South Korea, four companies reported problems and one cinema chain was unable to display trailers.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3249409/the-rise-ransomware-south-korea.html