According to Bloomberg, Mike Prado, deputy assistant director of the Cyber ​​Crime Center of the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), recently said that HSI has successfully prevented 537 ransomware attacks since 2021, including 150 between October 2023 and September 2024. HSI takes a proactive strategy to conduct preventive intervention before hacker attacks occur, and promptly informs government agencies, businesses and other potential victims of impending ransomware incidents. In addition, HSI has seized $4.3 billion worth of cryptocurrency since 2021.