US gov claims ransomware 'earned' $590m in the first half of 2021 alone – mostly in Bitcoin

Names and bars crypto exchange SUEX, warns paying ransoms could spell trouble

Ransomware extracted at least $590 million for the miscreants who create and distribute it in the first half of 2021 alone - more than the $416 million tracked in all of 2020, according to the US government's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Total ransomware-related financial activity may have reached $5.2 billion....