The cybersecurity world is still feeling the effects of the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack today. While the majority of the damage occurred in the weeks after May 12, 2017, WannaCry ransomware attacks actually increased 53% from January 2021 to March 2021.
While researching my in-depth article WannaCry: How the Widespread Ransomware Changed Cybersecurity, I learned that WannaCry attacks are still found today. Even so, I was surprised that it is still such an active issue. So, what has happened since then? What are these attackers doing today? How have organizations responded to these threats? And will an attack like this happen again?
I was also more than a bit concerned to learn that the largest ransomware attack since WannaCry hit over the recent Fourth of July holiday, making it even more important that the cybersecurity industry continue to learn from past attacks.
Putting the Impact in Perspective
So, how has the WannaCry virus has affected cybersecurity broadly? Many changes had already happened before I wrote my article last year. But I had a hunch that even more had evolved after the increase in ransomware and the pandemic.
I knew from covering the attack live that the primary goal of the WannaCry ransomware was destruction, not financial gain. The ransom demand was only $300. But I was still surprised to learn how far the amount was from the average ransomware payment in 2020, which Emsisoft and ID Ransomware r ..
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