Ransomware victims have paid out more than $25 million since 2014, Google study finds

Ransomware victims have paid more than $25 million in ransoms over the last two years, according to a study presented today by researchers at Google, Chainalysis, UC San Diego, and the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. By following those payments through the blockchain and comparing them against known samples, researchers were able to build a comprehensive picture of the ransomware ecosystem.Ransomware has become an almost unavoidable threat in recent years. Once a system is infected, the progra