Welcome to The Extortion Economy

The problem of ransomware has many causes but no clear solution. What's coming next? This is part five.

We look at the reasons ransomware is so hard to solve and ask hard questions about who is really helping the victims. This is part four.

A new-age iteration of the old-age extortion problem. A ransomware vigilante, a piracy (as in actual boats) expert, a school administrator, and a kidnapping victim share their experiences. This is part one.

After the Colonial Pipeline payment, the FBI followed the money and cybersecurity researchers followed the ransomware group. We followed both. This is part three.

In an absurd contract, look into the criminal world where the stakes are high, but the methods are increasingly business-like and meet the people who interact with the ransomware hackers. This is part two.