If the 450 million in the first half of 2024 is any indication, this year is going to double the 1.1 billion we saw this past year.\
To help matters, we reported that an unknown company paid a 75 million dollar ransom, and it was reported to be a fortune 500 company.
It won’t be the amount of attacks this year, its the quality of the attacks and how much money is being asked for.
Chainalysis is expecting this to be a 2 percent increase from last year’s total number. This means that they’re expecting a 24.2 million increase and could be a 25 billion dollar industry.
Ransomware rakes in record-breaking $450 million in first half of 2024
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