The healthcare industry has become an increasingly popular target in 2016 due to medical devices with weak security and the use of legacy systems.
In the McAfee Labs Threats Report: September 2016, McAfee researchers identified a ransomware author and distributor who claimed to have received $121 million in payments from ransomware operations targeting a variety of sectors. Dark net discussion board communications with network affiliates suggest that this particular cybercrime actor had accumulated profits of $94 million during the first six months of this year.