That’s how Verizon’s report named this ever-growing type of attack. That trend has continued with an almost 13% increase this year (an increase as large as the last five years combined). Keeping in mind that while insidious, Ransomware alone is simply a model of monetization of a compromised organization’s access that has become quite popular. Ransomware operators have no need to look for data of specific value, e.g., credit cards or banking information. They only need to interrupt the organizations’ critical functions by encrypting their data.