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Ransomware costs an estimated $169 billion per year

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
4 min readMar 8, 2020

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In the title, I have given a financial cost, but the cost could also be in terms of someone’s life, as a ransomware attack against a hospital could put lives at risk.

The true cost of ransomware?

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.