With reference to “India Ransomware Report 2022” consider the following statements:1. There has been an overall decrease in the ransomware incidents in India.2. As per the report, ransomware players targeted critical infrastructure organizations and disrupted critical services in order to pressurize and extract ransom payments. 3. Lockbit was a majorly seen variant of the ransomware in India.Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q. With reference to “India Ransomware Report 2022” consider the following statements:
1.There has been an overall decrease in the ransomware incidents in India.
2.As per the report, ransomware players targeted critical infrastructure organizations and disrupted critical services in order to pressurize and extract ransom payments.
3.Lockbit was a majorly seen variant of the ransomware in India.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

[A] 1 and 2 only

[B] 2 and 3 only

[C] 1 and 3 only

[D] 1, 2 and 3

Answer: B

Notes:

Explanation –

Statement 1 is incorrect. Overall, there is a 53% increase in Ransomware incidents reported in the 2022.

Statement 2 and 3 are correct. Ransomware players targeted critical infrastructure organizations and disrupted critical services in order to pressurize and extract ransom payments. Lockbit was a majorly seen variant of the ransomware in India.

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