Verizon’s 2020 Data Breach Investigation Report indicates that 86% of data breaches are financially motivated. Ransomware is still the most popular way to profit, yet cryptojacking has the potential to become the usual alternative. “When organizations have their data compromised by hackers, they face a dilemma: save the data or secure the machine by removing malware, or pay the ransom with the risk of losing both files and money,” says Juta Gurinaviciute, the CTO at NordVPN Teams. “For cybercriminals this is also a gamble, whether the victim will pay or sacrifice the data—or will restore it from the backup. With…
