What is ransomware? How can these cyber-attacks result in data loss? In your experience, do you believe ransomware attacks should be treated as a cybercrime? What are the possible consequences of ransomware? Be sure to cite examples from credible sources to support your answers. Solution Ransomware is a virus or malware of the computer which installs secretly on computer without user authorization and encrypts the data that is present on the victims computer and in order to decrypt that message it asks for payment for decryption. Yes this ransomware cyber attacks result in data loss because the attacker demands the victim for money in order to give the decrypt key whether if he has not paid the decrypt key will be lost and the data is also lost forever and results in data loss.This ransomware is a cybercrime because so much of data is lost and they are thefting the data and demands money from the victims in order to give the data it is like kidnapping the data. The possible consequences of ransomware malware are dataloss and datatheft. This malware are sent through the Email attachments and messages in social media and whenever we click that it installs without authorization..