![]() ![]() ![]() In Q1 of 2023, 45% of attacks had an initial demand over $1 million. Regardless, the attacks continue in earnest and demands are rising. While some large companies have succumbed to these attacks, more have deflected the most damaging aspects successfully. They are targeting larger companies and working to cause highly disruptive impact. Given the potential uptick in participants and the perceived lack of risk, ransomware threat actors are making up for lost earnings by going back up-market. While such pressure might be most acute in Eastern Europe, the tech sector is global and an increase in unemployment and cost of living may compel out-of-work technology professionals to participate in cybercrime.įactor #2: The cyber extortion economy has been in contraction for several quarters. Moreover, Russia is likely to be increasingly permissive in condoning cyber crime as the proceeds keep portions of their population earning a healthy living (so they don’t look to the state for income).Īdditionally, rising inflation of the dollar and increasing layoffs within the global tech industry have given rise to financial pressure for technology professionals around the globe. Prior to the war there was some collaboration and coordination with western law enforcement, and some policing of the most egregious instances of cyber attacks against the west (even if they were token). This would be further compounded by nation states providing a safe haven for these actions. As a result, some of these individuals may adopt cyber crime as a means to earn a living. The impact of sanctions on Russia is causing regular, STEM educated citizens to become unemployed, or less than gainfully employed. When the war broke out last year, we worried that financially motivated cyber crime may spike as individuals not previously involved in cyber crime, are forced into the industry by a lack of economic alternatives. ![]() Given the decentralized, anonymous nature of the cyber crime economy, there are likely several variables contributing to the shift.įactor #1: Socio-economic impact of Sanctions / Russia-Ukraine war. I got it for $15 during a Steam sale and I feel like that was a more fair price.Why is this happening? We are not pundits, but we have a few ideas. Is it worth the full $30? That depends on how much you like hunting games. (I have killed the same black bear over a dozen times by restarting an open hunt repeatedly.) Overall it is a decent enough game. I suppose it is worth mentioning that the method of spawning animals that the game uses is far from completely random, which means it is very possible to abuse the system by replaying the same hunt over and over again once you have memorized where certain animals will be. Additionally, the internal damage modeling is extremely basic, and if it were more detailed (with more organs and perhaps some major blood vessels) I would have given an additional point as well. If you had control over which trophies to keep, and could keep multiple trophies, and if trophies had much more detail to them with regards to the shot or shots you took, I would give the game two more points. It also does not contain any info about shot distance or things like that. The only things that prevent me from giving this game a much higher score is the very minimal trophy system, which only keeps your highest point animal per species. As someone who has never really played many hunting games, outside of the old PC series Carnivore (a dinosaur hunting game) I must say I am As someone who has never really played many hunting games, outside of the old PC series Carnivore (a dinosaur hunting game) I must say I am pleasantly surprised by how accessible and fun this game is.
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