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    ‎Show The Extortion Economy, Ep All Cats, No Mice – Nov 23, 2021

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    • @propublica @chetwisniewski @uuallan @meghann @GroupSenseCyber @fwosar 🎧 LISTEN to the full podcast episode of The #ExtortionEconomy, part two of this series on the money, people and technology behind the explosion of ransomware that is delivering hundreds of millions of dollars to cybercriminals around the world. https://t.co/FsBgpexUUn

    • The ransomware economy is a criminal world, but the methods are increasingly business-like. This thread offers a look inside it through the people who interact with ransomware hackers, part two of The #ExtortionEconomy podcast we produced with @propublica. https://t.co/FsBgpexUUn https://t.co/sQbiIxYBwm

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    ‎Show The Extortion Economy, Ep The Problem – Nov 23, 2021

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    • @propublica @meghann 🎧 LISTEN to the full podcast episode of The #ExtortionEconomy, part one of this series on the money, people and technology behind the explosion of ransomware that is delivering hundreds of millions of dollars to cybercriminals around the world. https://t.co/HDdzFcXDNW

    • @propublica @meghann In this podcast episode, we also hear about: -The first ransomware attack, delivered to victims on a floppy disk 💾 -A new type of vigilante 🦸 🐈 -A Russian cyberattack on a Massachusetts school district 🏫 https://t.co/HDdzFcXDNW

    • This is a short thread about how the ransomware epidemic is a new-age iteration of the old-age extortion problem. 🎧 LISTEN to the full podcast episode of The #ExtortionEconomy, part one of a series we produced with @propublica. https://t.co/HDdzFcXDNW https://t.co/bfi1lsr4ki