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Looking to History for Signs of Ransomware's Possible Future

undefined and Director of Analysis at RANE
Sam Lichtenstein
Director of Analysis at RANE, Stratfor

Jul 20, 2021 | 09:00 GMT

An IT researcher stands next to a giant screen of a computer infected by ransomware at High Security Laboratory of the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation in Rennes, France, on Nov. 3, 2016.

An IT researcher stands next to a giant screen of a computer infected by ransomware at High Security Laboratory of the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation in Rennes, France, on Nov. 3, 2016.

(DAMIEN MEYER/AFP via Getty Images)

The evolution of hostage-taking and associated ransom demands suggests ransomware may grow to encompass more perpetrators, targets and demands....

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