This year, ransomware attacks are one of the most common cyber attacks among organisations. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that infects a computer system as well as displays messages that demand a price to be paid in order to mitigate the issue.

The common types of ransomware include Crypto malware, Maze, Doxware, Scareware, Lockers, RaaS and others. Also, some of the popular ransomware attacks include Cryptolocker, TeslaCrypt, Petya, Bad Rabbit, among others. 

Below here, we mentioned the top eight ransomware attacks, in no particular order, that has happened in 2020.