Data theft via ransomware attacks saw a 57% increase in 2025 compared to the previous year, though the profitability of these cyber extortion attacks appears to be decreasing, according to the Google Threat Intelligence Group.

Google Disrupts China-Tied Cyber Campaign That Hacked 42 Countries Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) said on Feb. 25 that Google and its cybersecurity partners disrupted a global espionage campaign that the group confirmed had hacked 42 countries and suspects infected at least 20 more. GTIG has tracked the group as UNC2814/Gallium since 2017 and suspects it to be Chinese. “This prolific, elusive actor has a long history of...