In 2018, there was quite the spike in ransomware attacks with an estimated $8 billion in revenue for the attackers. That’s an astounding number. What is even more incredible, in 2019 the damages caused by ransomware has more than tripled the previous year. It is believed that in the healthcare industry alone, there will be more than $5 billion dollars in loss due to ransomware. Why such a jump in the amount of damage over a short period of time? Easy, hackers realized the proper niche to target. With sophisticated engineering techniques and a little knowledge on a company’s employee directory, an experienced hacker has little-to-no trouble infiltrating an unsecured organization’s infrastructure with a simple malicious email. The niche targets have led hackers to schools and universities, state and local governments, and healthcare verticals.