US gov claims ransomware 'earned' $590m in the first half of 2021 alone – mostly in Bitcoin

The Register
Oct 18, 2021, 12:33 am267 pts
Names and bars crypto exchange SUEX, warns paying ransoms could spell trouble Ransomware extracted at least $590 million for the miscreants who create and distribute it in the first half of 2021 alone – more than the $416 million tracked in all of 2020, according to the US government’s Financial Crimes…

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