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This is a short thread about how the ransomware epidemic is a new-age iteration of the old-age extortion problem. 🎧 LISTEN to the full podcast episode of The #ExtortionEconomy, part one of a series we produced with @propublica. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… 
@propublica Ransomware technology might be new, but this is not the first time there has been an epidemic of extortion and ransom.
⏪ In the episode, podcast host @meghann takes us back to Italy in the late 1960s, to the start of a 20-year period there known as The Years of Lead.
⏪ In the episode, podcast host @meghann takes us back to Italy in the late 1960s, to the start of a 20-year period there known as The Years of Lead.
@propublica @meghann Beginning with labor strikes in 1969, it was a time of significant political unrest in Italy. Right-wing and left-wing paramilitary groups terrorized the Italian people with bombings, shootings, and an epidemic of kidnapping that peaked in the mid 1970s.
Introducing The #ExtortionEconomy, a 5-part podcast series with @ProPublica that looks at the money, people, and technology behind the explosion of ransomware that is delivering hundreds of millions of dollars to cybercriminals around the world.
@propublica This is a podcast about ransomware... but it's not really about ransomware.
@propublica It's not about securing your password, and it's not about enabling two-factor authentication. It's not your IT manager telling you how to avoid a phishing attack.
Holding cybercriminals accountable requires cooperation across country lines. That's because the current situation stretches internationally. In this next block of #CyberSecure sessions, we explore how.
As we dive into this topic, we have a special surprise for you. Stay tuned #CyberSecure.
🚨 Podcast Premiere 🚨: In this project with @propublica, we look at the money, people, and technology behind the explosion of ransomware that is delivering hundreds of millions of dollars to cybercriminals around the world. #CyberSecure
