Ransomware and Cybercrime

In May 2021 Jim Gosler, known as The Godfather and commander of the US agencies cyber offensive capability, said, ''Either the Intelligence Community (IC) would grow and adapt, or the internet would eat us alive'' Mr Gosler was speaking at his retirement only several months before the Terrorist attacks of 9/11. He possibly did not realise the catalyst, or the Tsunami that he, and his tens of thousands of US IC offensive website operatives had created and commenced.

Over the last two decades, what Mr. Gosler and his army of internet keyboard warriors created would become the modus operandi for every faceless, nameless, state sponsored or individual cybercriminal to replicate against an unwary, ill protected, and ignorant group of executives and security professionals who knew little, to nothing about the clandestine methods of infiltration and weaponizing of the internet that the US, and UK agencies led, all in the name of security...

This book covers many cyber and ransom attacks and events including how we have got to the point of massive digital utilisation and particularly, during the Global Lockdown and pandemic that is Covid-19 to online spending that will see twice the monetary amount lost to cybercrime, then to that which is spent online.

With little to no attribution and with the IC themselves suffering cyberattacks, sophisticated ones of course . We are witnessing the undermining our entire way of life, our economies and even our liberties. The IC have lots to answer for and unequivocally created the disastrous situation we are currently in. They currently have little, to no answer. We need, no we must demand change. That change must start by ensuring the internet and all connections to it, are secure, and no longer allowing easy access and exfiltration, for both the IC and cybercriminals...