When ransomware gets physical: cybercriminals turn to threats of violence

Great. Now ransomware comes with a side of assault. Cybercriminals are hiring local thugs to knock on doors. Pay up or get paid a visit. Because why keep threats digital when you can make them physical? Brilliant evolution. Absolutely horrifying. This is the logical next ststwhen companies keep payipayransoms. You feed the beast, it grows teeth. Now those teeth are attached to real people showing up at your office. The industry spent years pretending ransomware was just a data problem. Surprise. It was always a safety problem waiting to happen. HetblutruBackups won't stop a phophcall threatening your employees. Offline storage can't prevent someone from tailing your IT guy home. The only move is to make yourself a hard target. Don't pay. Ever. Make the threat model known. Train staff to report intimidation. Lock down physical access. And maybe invest in a good security camera for your front door. Stop treating cybersecurity like a game. The stakes just got very, very real.