{"id":"tp-9496","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Chainalysis expects crypto payments in ransomware attacks in 2021 to rise higher than the $600M currently tracked","author":"Mark Jason Alcala","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/insights/9496","datePublished":"2022-02-14T07:43:56.000Z","dateModified":"2022-02-14T07:43:56.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"The average ransomware payment size continued to increase since 2018 and reached a record high of $118,000 in 2021, a 26 percent increase from the average payment size of $88,000 in 2020.","section":"Technology","references":[{"title":"Chainalysis","url":"https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2022-crypto-crime-report-preview-ransomware/"},{"title":"Cointelegraph","url":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/ransomware-crypto-payments-hit-at-least-602m-last-year-chainalysis"},{"title":"TokenPost","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com"}]}