Ransomware Soars as Myriad Efforts to Stop It Fall Short

A sign reads in English and Spanish "No Gas" at a QuikTrip Corp. gas station in Chamblee, Georgia, on May 12, 2021. U.S. national average retail gasoline prices have risen above $3 a gallon for the first time since 2014, after a cyberattack shut operations at Colonial Pipeline, the main supply link for the East Coast.

Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg

Hi, it’s Andy on the cyber team. Ransom attacks by hackers appear to be surging, despite two-plus years worth of effort to curb them. But first…

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