Security News > 2022 > May > Ransomware incidents increase again in 2021, Verizon reports

A favorite of cybercriminals and nation states, ransomware incidents increase again.

The use of ransomware to extort money increased 13% in 2021 compared to 2020, according to the Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report, now in its 15th year.

A ransomware attack occurs when a hacker, usually an organized crime ring or a nation state, infiltrates an organization's network.

The main reason for the massive increase in the deployment of ransomware over other types of malware today is profitability, said Alex Pinto, senior manager for security research at Verizon and one of the report's authors.

Although typically less damaging than ransomware, denial of service attacks remained the top type of malicious attack, representing 46% of all incidents, followed by backdoors and command and control malware at 17%. Human error remains main threat vector.

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