52. R is for Ransomware Attacks

Kick your new year off with another reason Lorien and Katharine want to get off the grid (and then make their own grid because they could never hack it without the grid). Sources: https://apnews.com/article/ransomware-attack-hospitals-emergency-rooms-0841defe1b881b71eccb8826ed46130e https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/ardent-health-struggles-get-systems-back-online-hospitals-reopen-emergency-rooms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransomware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_complexity_theory#Intractability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS_(Trojan_horse) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryptoLocker https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/feature/The-history-and-evolution-of-ransomware https://www.getastra.com/blog/security-audit/ransomware-attack-statistics/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246438/ransomware-attacks-by-country/ https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/russian-national-charged-ransomware-attacks-against-critical-infrastructure https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/ransomware-wannacry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WannaCry_ransomware_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Pipeline_ransomware_attack https://www.blackfog.com/most-impactful-ransomware-attacks-of-2023/ https://www.npr.org/2023/10/20/1207367397/ransomware-attacks-against-hospitals-put-patients-lives-at-risk-researchers-say https://www.cisa.gov/stopransomware