US financial institutions reported nearly $600 million in suspected ransomware-related payments to cybercriminals in the first six months of 2021 – more than was reported in all of 2020, the Treasury Department said in a report on October 15.
CNN: US institutions report major increase in ransomware payments to cybercriminals
Fuel holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline's Linden Junction Tank Farm on May 10, 2021 in Woodbridge, New Jersey.
