We take a closer look at ransomware attacks that has grown from a cottage industry for crooks into a multi-billion-dollar racket and global security threat.
"It s a moment of reckoning for our industry," Vasu Jakkal, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft Security, said. "(Solar Winds) was one of the most complex attacks we ve seen, and that continues."
New York Times investigative reporter Michael Schwirtz gained access to the dashboard of DarkSide, a Russian ransomware operation that's pulled in more than $90 million since it began last August.
US Attorney General Warns Ransomware Getting Worse and Worse
Voice of America
10 Jun 2021, 10:05 GMT+10
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland warned Wednesday that ransom-motivated cyberattacks are getting worse and worse, echoing other top Biden administration officials who have sounded the alarm about the problem in recent weeks. We have to do everything we possibly can here, Garland told lawmakers. This is a very, very serious threat.
The attorney general s warning during a Senate hearing on the Justice Department s fiscal 2022 budget request followed a pair of high-profile ransomware attacks over the past month that have rattled the U.S. national security and law enforcement establishment and sparked calls for beefed-up cyber defenses.