{"id":9936,"date":"2026-09-16T23:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T22:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/?p=9936"},"modified":"2026-09-17T13:52:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:52:37","slug":"uae-ransomware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/2026\/09\/16\/uae-ransomware\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Ransomware"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naturally, the UAE will be a focal point for this kind of activity:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mvmy2yruks2r\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreicotfh5dlhe5wueuhezwmyb7ft6dbhlfl4svpr5ajbjatnqu2crva\"><p lang=\"en\">&#34;Ransomware activity tracked by cybersecurity company CloudSEK rose from 17 incidents in April 2025 to 357 in June this year, with the company saying the increase reflected a growing focus on the region by established criminal groups.&#34;<\/p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">Gary R. Bunt (@garyrbunt.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3mvmy2yruks2r?ref_src=embed\">2026-09-16T10:55:38.176Z<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naturally, the UAE will be a focal point for this kind of activity:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[453,276,425],"tags":[455,280],"class_list":["post-9936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime","category-uae","category-uae-digital","tag-crime","tag-uae"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9937,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9936\/revisions\/9937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}