Author: Gijsbert Janssen van Doorn

Ransomware cyberattacks are everywhere in the news, and they seem to be getting bigger. Take the attack in February that forced the UK’s Redcar and Cleveland council staff offline for three weeks and cost between a reported £11m and £18m to repair the damages. Now, attackers are increasingly taking advantage of COVID-19 to coax people into opening malicious emails and attachments, leaving hospitals and medical facilities forced to turn away patients in a time of heightened demand. The threat is so great, the UK government even recently issued an official warning to businesses and individuals over ‘dangerous and malicious’ COVID-19…