{"id":13249,"date":"2024-02-07T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/07\/ransomware-gangs-staged-comeback-last-year-says-crypto-research-firm\/"},"modified":"2024-02-07T14:38:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T13:38:00","slug":"ransomware-gangs-staged-comeback-last-year-says-crypto-research-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/07\/ransomware-gangs-staged-comeback-last-year-says-crypto-research-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware gangs \u2018staged comeback\u2019 last year, says crypto research firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chainalysis says hacking victims paid out a record $1.1bn following lull in 2023<\/p>\n<p>Ransomware gangs staged a \u201cmajor comeback\u201d last year, according to research, with victims of hacking attacks paying out a record $1.1bn to assailants.<\/p>\n<p>Cyber criminals stepped up their global operations in 2023 after a lull in 2022, with victims including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/nov\/28\/cyber-attack-us-hospitals-texas-oklahoma-new-mexico\">hospitals<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/sep\/06\/los-angeles-unified-school-district-cyber-attack\">schools<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jun\/05\/ba-boots-and-bbc-staff-details-targeted-in-russian-linked-cyber-attack\">major corporations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/feb\/07\/ransomware-gangs-staged-comeback-last-year-says-crypto-research-firm\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/66ae9c18a22b5c5d134c22ef9a3549357eb7c899\/0_224_6720_4032\/master\/6720.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=83e35f55a24b699877061da35b1c204c\" title=\"Ransomware gangs \u2018staged comeback\u2019 last year, says crypto research firm\" \/>Chainalysis says hacking victims paid out a record $1.1bn following lull in 2023<br \/>\nRansomware gangs staged a \u201cmajor comeback\u201d last year, according to research, with victims of hacking attacks paying out a record $1.1bn to assailants.<br \/>\nCyber criminals stepped up their global operations in 2023 after a lull in 2022, with victims including hospitals, schools and major corporations. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chainalysis says hacking victims paid out a record $1.1bn following lull in 2023 Ransomware gangs staged a \u201cmajor comeback\u201d last year, according to research, with victims of hacking attacks paying out a record $1.1bn to assailants. Cyber criminals stepped up their global operations in 2023 after a lull in 2022, with victims including hospitals, schools &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/07\/ransomware-gangs-staged-comeback-last-year-says-crypto-research-firm\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ransomware gangs \u2018staged comeback\u2019 last year, says crypto research firm<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13249"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}