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Cyberattacks Involving Extortion Are on the Up, Verizon Says

Cyberattacks Involving Extortion Are on the Up, Verizon Says

Cyberattacks involving ransomware -- in which criminals use malicious software to encrypt a users’ data and then extort money to unencrypt it -- increased 50 percent in 2016, according to a report from ...