最新报道:Bitcoin has transformed ransomware into a global criminal industry, with cryptocurrency payments accounting for 97.8% of tracked ransomware transactions. Cybersecurity expert David Sehyeon Baek explains that crypto's pseudonymous, borderless nature enables automated cross-border payments and rapid fund laundering through chain-hopping. Ransomware-as-a-service models now rely on instant crypto payments to fuel affiliate programs, driving both attack frequency and payouts to unprecedented levels.