Scott Alldridge

They're, they really want the data is the value and certain types of data is more valuable than other types of data.

So, you know, they love, you know, healthcare data, not only for the healthcare, you know, kind of HR, the doctors and the nurses, but they patient data is really valuable too.

So on the dark web, which is where a lot of this lives and,

That's one of the problems, quite frankly, is it's becoming so prolific for anybody.

If you're a middle schooler or a high schooler that really loves tech and you want to start hacking, just get the Tor browser, go on the dark web.

You can actually join a franchise

for ransomware and to do hacking.

Wow.

So you pay $299, you get a kit, they give you some tools, some training.

And then if you go out, try to hack maybe some local businesses or whatever you can, because, you know, you're connected.

So you really can, you know, we get hacks from all over the world that come into the U.S.

and get businesses.

And the other things are going way down to small businesses.

But you basically can join up a franchise, crazy as it is, and they'll bring in, if you can't hack in, they'll bring in one of their experts, one of the really good threat actor guys, and they'll actually...

uh, work with you and then they'll split the profits of the ransomware.

So once I get the Bitcoin and it's a sophisticated world.

And the other thing is, is that, um, a lot of times when they finally do negotiate and, you know, they show up with a black screen and all your networks down, I mean, just kind of imagine, you know, your whole thing is whether you're a small business and a coffee business or you're, you know, a hospital, you know, your systems come to a complete halt.

So you just get a black screen of death.

As we say, it's got a text file.

It says, Oh, by the way, we have all your data encrypted.