As part of the discussion surrounding how Ransomware works and what preventative steps can be taken, 60 Minutes spoke with Blackberry Cylance VP Tom Pace.

Ransomware attacks are on the rise and last night, 60 Minutes took a deeper look into it all highlighting several companies and organizations that have been affected by the hacks. As part of the discussion surrounding how ransomware works and what preventative steps can be taken, 60 Minutes spoke with Blackberry Cylance VP Tom Pace.

Although the above video is just a portion of the full discussion, which you can view in full here, Pace walked CBS' Scott Pelley through just how easy it is to purchase ransomware via the dark web and what it can do to a network and files by having it lockdown and encrypt his own files.

Late last year, BlackBerry introduced their own ransomware recovery feature that allows organizations to quickly limit and contain ransomware attacks through account freezing, rollback features and more!

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