Tough fight looms against ransomware 'epidemic'

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Attacks hitting the Colonial Pipeline and the major JBS meatpacking operations are examples of a burgeoning cybercrime industry with the potential to inflict pain and extract profits by impacting "critical" networks

ransomware remains a scourge because "the financial rewards are huge (and) the chances of being caught are near-zero

Human error is one of the biggest vulnerabilities and we've seen that remote work has made networks more vulnerable

For Qns on the impact of technology on crime....think how technology has made it more difficult for the police to solve crime.

Qn: How far has technology helped in the fight against crime? (SAJC J2 Mid-yr 2021)