2016 has been a good year for Internet businesses. Unfortunately, one of those fast-growing internet businesses is ransomware, a malware that infects computer systems and denies users access to those infected systems. Users are unable to regain access until they pay a “ransom” to the party that infected their systems.
The FBI reported that there were 2,453 ransomware complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in 2015, a number likely to increase significantly in 2016. Hospitals, school districts, state and local governments, police offices, and numerous businesses have all been the victims of ransomware attacks this year.
The Two Types of Ransomware
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