Hacking attempts by ransomware attackers against small and medium-sized businesses have greatly increased with potential large geopolitical, economic, and national security implications, a joint report issued earlier this week by a major cyber firm and a major insurance broker firm said.According to reports by Marsh and Northwave Cyber Security, this increase marks a strategic shift by ransomware attackers, many of them associated with rogue foreign states, to target the soft underbelly of