The FBI in October announced that cybercrime incidents had "sharply declined" since 2018. Still, that doesn't necessarily mean that the citizens of cyberspace can sleep easy. It turns out that crime really does pay sometimes, and bad actors still have plenty of incentive to infiltrate organizations—and sometimes even cities—and hold sensitive information hostage. Poor cybersecurity and anonymous online payments have both reduced the barriers and lowered the risk of getting caught. Basically it's rabbit hunting season. And while there are steps that entities can follow once their data has been taken prisoner, even those carry no small degree of risk. Here are a few of the many harsh truths surrounding ransomware and how to deal with an attack.