The new crime model: why criminals are now holding our data for ransom rather than stealing or selling it
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2016 was dubbed "the year of ransomware" - and for good reason. Infoblox identified a 3,500 per cent increase in the creation of ransomware domains in the first quarter of the year. This ultimately led...
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