In 2021, the average monthly bitcoin price was just over $47,000 and the average number of monthly publicly-confirmed ransomware attacks was 106. Switch to 2022 (so far) and the average monthly bitcoin price is $31,000 and the average number of monthly ransomware attacks is just over 51.5. Did the falling price of bitcoin result in […]
The crypto world is reported to be worth over $3 trillion with over 300 million people worldwide owning some form of crypto. But as our cryptocurrency and NFT heist trackers have found, crypto is a lucrative business for hackers. These trackers don’t account for insider jobs and scams (e.g. Ponzi schemes), however. That’s why we’ve […]
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have grown in popularity in recent years with one NFT, The Merge, recently selling for a whopping $91.8 million in December 2021. While nearly 30,000 collectors collaborated to buy The Merge, one NFT by famous artist Beeple (Mike Winkelmann), Everydays: the First 5000 Days, was bought by a sole collector for a […]
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has not only thrown women’s rights into question but their privacy, too. Reports suggest many American women started deleting their period-tracking apps in May when the Supreme Court’s draft opinion that it would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked. But research from Comparitech finds that women […]
Each dot represents the location of a ransomware attack, with the color of the dot indicating the sector affected (healthcare, education, government, and business). This map updates daily and pinpoints the locations of each ransomware attack in the world, from 2018 to the present day. Where available, it includes the ransom amount, whether or not […]
In 2019, a survey found that one-in-seven US adults had submitted their DNA to a mail-in service, with the majority doing so to find out more about their family origins. And with the $14.8 billion genetic testing market set to grow by 11.6 percent over the next six years, it’s likely many more will be […]
For many of us, our mobile phones are a window into our lives. From our banking details to our private communications, they hold an extensive amount of personal data. Our latest research of 50 countries finds that every police force has some level of access to your mobile phone and its data. Worse still, the […]
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… And for most of us, that means snuggling up in front of a roaring fire to watch our favorite Christmas movie. But which countries have the most Christmas movie fans and love nothing more than to spend a cold winter’s (or even summer’s!) night watching one of […]
As we run into the final week of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), we see countries from all over the world coming together to try and inspire a unified approach to climate change. It made us think, what would you, as an internet user, be willing to cut down on […]
In 2020, 186 ransomware attacks on US businesses resulted in the theft and/or misuse of over 7 million individual records. We estimate that these attacks cost businesses almost $21 billion in downtime alone. Most businesses will have also been subject to huge recovery costs, lost revenue, and lack of customer confidence post-attack. Through our investigation, […]