Cybercriminals seeking more than just ransomware payment

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Venafi announced the findings of a global survey of IT decision-makers looking into the use of double and triple extortion as part of ransomware attacks. The data reveals that 83% of successful ransomware attacks now include alternative extortion methods, such as using the stolen data to extort customers (38%), exposing data on the dark web (35%), and informing customers that their data has been stolen (32%). Just 17% of successful attacks solely asked for a … More

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