FBI reports flood of ransomware attacks, healthcare companies under siege

An uptick in ransomware complaints flooded the FBI in the final months of 2020, including a spate of attacks on hospitals, The Washington Times has learned. In each of the last four months of 2020, the FBI received more than 200 complaints about ransomware, according to data compiled by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center that was shared with The Times. Victims’ cash losses more than tripled in 2020 year over year to $29.1 million, according to data collected by the FBI.