Entailing the use of covertly installed malware on a victim's endpoint to exfiltrate and encrypt data, ransomware can cripple the operations of unprepared businesses, with threat actors demanding exorbitant payments to decrypt files and/or prevent the publication of critical data upon executing an attack.
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