Less extortion and theft, but more digital destruction. That is one of the ways in which the conflict in Ukraine is altering cybercrime
and theft, but more digital destruction. That is one of the ways in which the conflict in Ukraine is altering cybercrime. The shift, says Oleh Derevianko, chairman of, a Ukrainian computer-security firm, is striking. Recent years had seen a boom in the use of ransomware, which scrambles victims’ computer data until a payment is made. Now, Mr Derevianko says, the number of such attacks on’s corporate and government clients has dropped pretty-much to zero.
This trend seems also to have spread beyond the borders of the countries involved. Resilience, a cyber-insurance firm in San Francisco, reports that prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion, which began in February, claims involving ransomware were the third most common category. Now, says Vishaal Hariprasad, Resilience’s boss, they are sixth or seventh.
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