How to Use ransomware in a Sentence

ransomware

noun

• Of course, the best way to deal with ransomware is to not get it in the first place.
  — Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 9 July 2024
• How did the ransomware get in, and which systems were breached?
  — Etay Maor, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
• This is the third ransomware attack in the last couple of weeks.
  — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 3 June 2021
• This can also alert you of any phishing emails or ransomware scams.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
• In many ransomware cases, silence can mean one of two things.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Jan. 2026
• With the rise of ransomware, those three things often converge.
  — Tony Bradley, Forbes, 19 May 2022
• With ransomware, that update is too little, too late.
  — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
• This was carried out by a group or a ransomware group called Conti.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 June 2022
• The students’ training doesn’t start with how to stop a ransomware attack.
  — Dwight A. Weingarten, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2021
• Part of the problem is that the full scale of ransomware attacks is not always disclosed.
  — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2020
• But at least one ransomware purveyor has been linked to the Kremlin.
  — Frank Bajak, Star Tribune, 16 Apr. 2021
• Since then, the ransomware attacks have given the funding wave a further boost.
  — New York Times, 26 July 2021
• Though officials have not confirmed the details, all signs point to ransomware.
  — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
• Hornung says ransomware attacks — and the pressure to pay — will remain high.
  — Barbara Booth, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
• The issue relates to a ransomware attack on district servers.
  — Scott Travis, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Nov. 2021
• In some ways, the change is a positive sign that efforts to combat ransomware are working.
  — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2023
• The perpetrators achieved the attacks through the use of ransomware.
  — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 11 July 2025
• Other ransomware groups are starting to follow the same playbook.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
• Now it has been hit by a ransomware attack from prolific fame-seeking hackers.
  — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026
• The Kaseya attack has been called one of the largest ransomware attacks in history.
  — Brian Fung and Geneva Sands, CNN, 22 July 2021
• Allowed data to be stolen by a ransomware group named Play, which leaked the data publicly.
  — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2025
• The Conti ransomware gang runs like any number of businesses around the world.
  — Matt Burgess, Wired, 16 Mar. 2022
• Maze has been one of the most prolific ransomware groups of the last few years, as well as an innovator in the field.
  — Brian Barrett, Wired, 31 Oct. 2020
• Last week, Clorox started to explain how the ransomware attack has hurt its business.
  — Marley Jay, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2023
• The ransomware attack took place March 21 by the hacking group Medusa.
  — Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2024
• At the time, the gang had laundered $500 million in ransomware payments.
  — Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 7 June 2023
• This was not a ransomware attack, and there is no evidence of malware deployed to our systems.
  — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 19 Mar. 2026
• This can lead to ransomware, and healthcare firms are more likely to pay to keep critical services running.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
• The group leaked some of them to the public, leading to devastating ransomware attacks around the world.
  — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2020
• The sites are still down as the Askul continues with efforts to resolve the ransomware attack.
  — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025