Wired: Why the Belarus Railways Hack Marks a First for Ransomware
For years, idealistic hacktivists have disrupted corporate and government IT systems in acts of protest. Cybercriminal gangs, meanwhile, have increasingly held hostage the same sort of enterprise networks with ransomware, encrypting their data and extorting them for profit. Now, in the geopolitically charged case of a hacktivist attack on the Belarusian railway system, those two veins of coercive hacking appear to be merging.
Hugh Taylor
Hugh Taylor is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). In addition to editing Journal of Cyber Policy, he writes about cybersecurity, compliance and enterprise technology for such clients as Microsoft, IBM, SAP, HPE, Oracle, Google and Advanced Micro Devices. Prior to launching his freelance writing career, he served in executive roles at Microsoft, IBM and several venture-backed technology startups.