A reporter once asked the infamous bank robber Willie Sutton, “Why do you rob banks?” Sutton’s answer: “Because that’s where the money is.”
Whether that conversation actually took place is up for debate. What’s not is the fact ransomware attacks are on the rise — and one of the biggest reasons is that’s where the money is. We are an information economy, dependent on data and the Internet to thrive. In fact, data is often the heart, but also the Achilles heel of businesses, and the bad guys take advantage of that dichotomy.