Dallas CSNP - January 2020

3. “A new organization will fall victim to ransomware every 14 seconds in 2019, and every
11 seconds by 2021.” -Cyber Security Ventures
“Ransomware attacks have increased over 97% in the past two years.” -Phishme
“The annual global cost of cybercrime expected to exceed $6 trillion by 2021.” -Forbes
“The potential cost of ransomware in the United States last year was over $7.5 billion…
Tallied 113 government and agencies, 764 healthcare, 1,233 schools, Baltimore and NOLA
affected by ransomware.”- MIT Technology

6. “We risk our lives doing this illegal
business. NSA, Homeland security
and FBI are trying to get us we are
not ready to do all this for just 50
cents. We are not working for
nothing. You live in your prosperous
country, but we are soldiers in the
war and any means are good for
victory...”
“Sorry à la guerre comme à
la guerre.”

7. II.
Hackers used next
generation
ransomware. In
order to know
ransom, company
must contact the
Hacker.
If Hackers are
contacted… They
know companies
are in trouble.
Ransom starts at
$250k-$500k
III.
Companies got
smart and started
backing up files,
servers, devices and
hiring IT security.
Hackers would
threaten to leak
sensitive company
data in return for
ransom.
Ransom starts at
$500k+
I.
Companies
open email
regarding
their files have
been
encrypted.
Must send
ransom in
return for the
encryption
key.
Ransom starts
at $4k-15k

11. Recovery and Mitigation
Cost: $80 million to $95
million
Recovery and Mitigation
Cost: $60 million to $71
million
Recovery and Mitigation
Cost: $18.2 million