For victims of ransomware attacks, paying the ransom doesn’t guarantee that their network will be restored – and handing money to criminals only encourages more criminals to try their luck infecting more companies with the file-encrypting malware. The impact of ransomware attacks continues to rise as cyber criminals encrypt networks while also blackmailing victims with the prospect of stolen data being published, in order to generate as much money as possible from extortion.

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