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Colorado Parks and Wildlife announces changes to big game hunting licenses for the 2024 season, including adjustments to license allocation, mandatory testing for chronic wasting disease, reductions in severe winter zones, creation of new hunt codes, and closures for doe pronghorn hunting. Hunters are urged to review the 2024 Colorado Big Game brochure for more information.
Ransomware payments reached a record $1.1 billion in 2023, surpassing previous highs and reversing the decline seen in 2022. The resurgence of ransomware was attributed to escalating attacks against major institutions and critical infrastructure, with groups like Clop employing a "big game hunting" strategy to target large, deep-pocketed victims for substantial payments. Ransomware gangs are adapting to a decline in ransom payments by shifting towards targeting larger companies, and the laundering of ransom payments primarily involves mixing services, underground exchanges, and platforms without KYC requirements. Despite a decline in victims opting to pay, 2023 has been a profitable year for ransomware gangs, but efforts to discourage ransom payments may lead to a critical point where ransomware operations become financially unsustainable.