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$590 million
Financial organizations reported $590 million in ransomware payments during only the first half of 2021, a 42 percent increase from 2020.
SOURCE: "Hard Choices in a Ransomware Attack" by CSIS's Emily Harding and Harshana Ghoorhoo.
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95 percent
Governments on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as NATO, have issued particular warnings of Russian submarine presence near undersea fiber-optic cables—critical infrastructure that carry over 95 percent of international data.
SOURCE: "Security Implications of Nord Stream Sabotage" by CSIS's Joseph Majkut, Leslie Palti-Guzman, Max Bergmann, Colin Wall, and Allegra Dawes.
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260 people
More than 260 people lost their lives this August due to drug cartel violence in Mexican cities, including Chihuahua, Guanajuato, Jalisco, and Tijuana.
SOURCE: "Revisiting Counter-Narcotics Policy in the Western Hemisphere" by CSIS's Daniel F. Runde.
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90 percent
Lake Chad, a crucial water and livelihood source in the Sahel, has shrunk by 90 percent since 1960, displacing 2.3 million people and creating a humanitarian crisis.
SOURCE: "Supporting Water Programming in the Sahel" by CSIS's Conor M. Savoy and Alexandra Norris.
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