The University of California San Francisco paid about $1.14 million to the NetWalker group for encrypted servers. The attack and its million-dollar consequences show that organizations must be able to recognize attacks and stop them much quicker. Cybersecurity expert: “Prevention is the only the cure for threats like NetWalker, which hit organizations with the double-edged sword of encryption by ransomware and extortion via threats of public data exposure” The attack highlights that cybercriminal groups cannot be trusted to forgo profits, expert says.”]