a call from the taxman. Donald Rumsfeld, who as America’s defence secretary oversaw a budget bigger than the economy of a typical country, nonetheless finds the rules so confusing that he writes to the Internal Revenue Service each year complaining that he has “no idea” whether he has filed his taxes correctly.
Even as rates of most crimes remain low in rich countries, the spectacular growth of cybercrime—crime committed mostly or entirely over the internet—stands out. According to the Crime Survey of England and Wales, the best indicator of long-term trends in Britain, in 2019 there were 3.8m incidents of fraud, most online, representing a third of all crimes committed. That figure has increased every year since 2017 when the government started collecting data. Around 7% of all adults were victims.
These days hackers focus on large organisations and demand big ransoms . Malicious software is injected into specific computer systems. It steals data before locking them. A ransom is then demanded to unlock the files or, increasingly, to prevent them being leaked . It is almost always in Bitcoin. According to Chainalysis, a cyber-security firm, the amount paid in Bitcoin ransoms increased by 311% last year, compared with 2019, to around $350m.
During the pandemic hospitals have been hit, too. France reported 27 attacks on hospitals last year, as part of a 255% increase in ransomware attacks generally. Medical treatments have been delayed in Germany and America because of attacks.The criminals who do it are a mixed bunch. Many seem to be based in Russia, other parts of eastern Europe, or China. In Russia and Belarus, cybercriminals thrive because the state tolerates them, as long as they only scam foreigners.
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