Ransomware is an ever-evolving type of malware that has been around for more than two decades. First appearing in the late 1980s and growing in popularity and complexity in the early 2010s, Ransomware has risen to an unprecedented level with multi-million dollar ransom demands in attacks against companies like Colonial Pipeline, JBS Foods and other critical infrastructure providers.
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