1. Wikipedia “WannaCry Ransomware Attack ” 2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WannaCry_ransomware_attack. See also Nicole Perlroth and David E. Sanger “Hackers Hit Dozens of Countries Exploiting Stolen N.S.A. Tool ” New York Times May 12 2017. A screenshot of the ransom note left on infected computers is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WannaCry_ransomware_attack#/media/File:Wana_Decrypt0r_screenshot.png. See also Paul Mozur and Mark Scott “Victims Call Hackers’ Bluff as Ransomware Deadline Nears ” New York Times May 19 2017. See also David E. Sanger Sewell Chan and Mark Scott “Ransomware’s Aftershocks Feared as U.S. Warns of Complexity ” New York Times May 14 2017.
2. Kari Paul “‘Lives Are at Stake’: Hacking of U.S. Hospitals Highlights Deadly Risk of Ransomware ” Guardian July 14 2022. See also Sarah Maslin Nir Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Otterman “Cyberattack Hits Brooklyn Hospitals That Serve Poor New Yorkers ” New York Times December 12 2022. See also Jill McKeon “One Brooklyn Confirms Cyberattack Black Cat Ransomware Claims Attack on NextGen ” Health IT Security January 24 2023. See also Jill McKeon “Clop Ransomware Continues to Threaten Healthcare Sector HC3 Warns ” Cybersecurity News February 24 2023. See also Giles Brice “Hospital Ransomware Attack Numbers in’ 23 Already Closing In On Last Year ” July 10 2023 https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/hospital-ransomware-attack-numbers-in-23-already-closing-in-on-last-year.html. See also Rebecca Carballo “Ransomware Attacks Disrupt Health Care Services in at Least Three States ” New York Times August 5 2023.
3. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-rise-of-identity-theft-one-mans-nightmare-2010-02-10.
4. Ali Hussain “What Is Identity Theft? Definition Types and Examples ” Investopedia September 21 2022 https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/identitytheft.asp.
5. Business email compromise attacks were the most serious with an average U.S.$75 000 request for a wire transfer. See Jennifer Lynch “Identity Theft in Cyberspace: Crime Control Methods and their Effectiveness in Combating Phishing Attacks ” Berkeley Technology Law Journal 20 (2005): 259–300. See also Phishing Activity Trends Report 2021 https://apwg.org/trendsreports/.