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Ransomware Evolves Into Continuous Extortion Campaigns

Summary by Consumotic
Ransomware went from a cipher event to a sustained extortion campaign, where criminals steal more credentials and sensitive data, before deploying the attack, and where 65 percent of the victims claim that Artificial Intelligence (IA) has increased the effectiveness of the attack. The “Report on ransomware in the era of the IA 2026” developed by the security company, Proofpoint, and including testimonies from 953 cybersecurity specialists from 1…
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Ransomware went from a cipher event to a sustained extortion campaign, where criminals steal more credentials and sensitive data, before deploying the attack, and where 65 percent of the victims claim that Artificial Intelligence (IA) has increased the effectiveness of the attack. The “Report on ransomware in the era of the IA 2026” developed by the security company, Proofpoint, and including testimonies from 953 cybersecurity specialists from 1…

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Consumotic broke the news on Monday, August 17, 2026.
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