When Tim Beasley opened his front door a few years ago, he found a tiny box on the step. “What the heck is this?” I thought. When I opened the box, I exclaimed, “Oh!” and threw it away right away.
A threatening message that threatened to use physical force if he didn’t back off was found inside the box. At the time, Beasley, who works for the US security company Semperis, was negotiating a ransom on behalf of a US government agency that had been the target of a cyberattack.
The box that was delivered to his US residence was a warning from the ransomware outfit that he had been contacting. Cyberattacks are still on the rise globally. According to new FBI statistics, the number of reported cases in the US alone rose from 288,012 in 2015 to a record high of 1,008,597 last year. According to the report, US businesses and other organizations suffered a financial loss of $20.8 billion (£15.4 billion) in 2025. This increased from $16.6 billion in 2024.
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