Holiday Crime Spree; One Million Devices Locked?

Earlier this week, a hacker gang behind an international crime spree claimed to have locked over a million individual mobile devices and made a demand of $70 million in bitcoin to unlock them. REvil, a Russia-connected cyberterrorist group has previously hacked JBS cyber operations and have since compromised Kaseya and Coop, two international giants, as well as have claimed to have attacked 1,000 individual small businesses as well.

Global ransomware attacks have been increasing steadily over the last few years, and while cyber defenses are continuing to improve, there's no telling who will be targeted next, and what it will cost your company if you are hacked. Money, assets, customers, and all kinds of personal data are at risk every day, and as the July 4th weekend proved, the threat is imminent.

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