Homeland Security Today: Ransomware to 'Wreak Havoc' on US Critical Infrastructure in 2016

Homeland Security Today: Ransomware to 'Wreak Havoc' on US Critical Infrastructure in 2016: Ransomware will “wreak havoc” on the United States’ critical infrastructure community in 2016, according to a recent report by the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT).



ICIT’s newly released “Ransomware Report” warned that unlike traditional malware actors, ransomware criminals can generate a steady revenue stream from targeting any system, whether it be mobile devices and personal computers or industrial control systems. ICIT says many of these devices are not secured “in the slightest” against a ransomware threat.

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