In recent weeks, the municipalities of Zwijndrecht, the city of Antwerp and the city of Diest were victims of a cyber attack with ransomware, respectively. However, businesses and organisations have not been left out of the loop over the past year either. Ransomware is not a new phenomenon, but the recent attacks have many organisations worried. The recent attacks cannot be assigned to one perpetrator group. There are currently many criminal organisations using ransomware to target victims.