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Ransomware Attacks Intensify: Criminals Shift Focus to Target Employees and Their Families
Ransomware groups are expanding their tactics beyond encrypting files and exfiltrating data to include direct threats against employees, executives, and their families as leverage for extortion. The Semperis 2026 Ransomware Risk Report found that 37% of successful attacks incorporated threats targeting workers' personal contacts. This represents an evolution in how criminal groups coerce payment from organizations.
Why it matters: Security leaders and human resources teams need to prepare incident response and communication protocols that account for threats to staff and their families, as this tactic is now a material component of ransomware attacks.
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