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Ransomware is one of the worst threats on the Internet. And with the criminals behind it earning millions of dollars each month, there’s no sign that the situation will improve anytime soon. According to a study put together by Google and Chainalysis, criminals are earning somewhere in excess of $2.5 million.
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The research team sifted through Google’s cache of ransomware samples. They then turned to Blockchain to identify transactions from ransomware victims. One study finding was that 94% of all payouts were processed by the Russian Bitcoin exchange BTC-E.
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词语解释

1.put together 放在一起，组合
例句：It is a matter of engineering, how you put together the laptops.
这是工程问题，如何把它们装配在膝上型计算机上M@rQjuD5Rt。

2.sift through 通过，筛选
例句：To reach that conclusion the authors sifted through government data from 1999-2005.
为证明这一结论，作者对1999至2005年的政府数据进行筛选分析sxYaP7QUyZ.I*AH)V5@。