Ransomware Is Everywhere: What To Do If You Are Hit

With ransomware attacks on the rise, potential targets in sectors including retail,¹ food,² healthcare³ and life sciences, critical infrastructure,⁴ financial services, and government⁵ must face the increasing likelihood that nefarious global actors will take their most critical systems hostage.

Am I the Victim of Ransomware?

Not every hacking event counts as "ransomware." At its most fundamental, ransomware is malicious software deployed by bad actors to encrypt or otherwise make the victim's data unavailable until a ransom is paid. The specific nature of these attacks is evolving, however. In the past, hackers would simply encrypt a target's systems and then hand over the decryption keys (most of the time) once the ransom had been paid.