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Dealing with AI-Generated Extortion

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Dealing with AI-Generated Extortion

Ransomware actors are increasingly shifting from encryption-based attacks to data theft alone, making it harder for security teams to verify whether sensitive data was actually compromised. Organizations now face the challenge of proving files were not stolen from their networks or those of their vendors, a task complicated by the fact that data governance has traditionally fallen outside security responsibilities.

Why it matters: Security practitioners must develop data governance capabilities to authenticate leaked data during extortion threats, as attackers now favor data theft over encryption and can accelerate attack volume accordingly.

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