Why it’s so difficult to bring ransomware attackers to justice
The private companies that are most often victims of these ransomware attacks can be blindsided about “who actually attacked them” because of the sophisticated nature of the attackers, according to Anup Ghosh, CEO of Fidelis Cybersecurity and a former researcher at the Department of Defense.
“Unlike a physical attack where you can do identification, in cyberspace it’s very difficult to do attribution with certainty,” he said.