Extortion and Ransomware Drive Over Half of Cyberattacks — Sometimes Using AI, Microsoft Finds

Microsoft said in a blog post this week that “over half of cyberattacks with known motives were driven by extortion or ransomware… while attacks focused solely on espionage made up just 4%.”

And Microsoft’s annual digital threats report found operations expanding even more through AI, with cybercriminals “accelerating malware development and creating more realistic synthetic content, enhancing the efficiency of activities such as phishing and ransomware attacks.”

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