More than half of the known ransomware victims in Canada this year were critical infrastructure providers, according to a new threat assessment from Canada’s cyber spies, and the number is likely even higher.
As part of a push a new awareness campaign, the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), Canada’s foreign signals intelligence agency, released a ransomware bulletin Monday looking at the key trends of ransomware in 2021.
“Brazen, sophisticated, increasing in frequency, and, for the cybercriminals, very profitable,” assessed CSE’s Cyber Centre in its report.
