10 of the Most Significant Ransomware Attacks of All Time

guest · Sep 10, 2019

10 of the Most Significant Ransomware Attacks of All Time
September 9, 2019
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For years, ransomware actors have developed new families and attack campaigns in increasing frequency and numbers. Such activity peaked in 2017 but then fell in tandem with cryptocurrency miners’ rise. This development was short-lived, however.
Between Q4 2018 and Q1 2019, Malwarebytes observed a 195 percent increase in ransomware detections involving business targets. The rate was even greater compared to Q1 2018 at 500 percent.

Ransomware attacks of varying significance made news over that multi-year period. Here are 10 of the most significant of those attacks. (For the purposes of this article, “most significant” does not account only for the number of users affected. It also takes into account other factors such as distribution, costs, updates, media coverage and potential damages for future victims.)
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