They weren’t doing this with Trump in office.
Just keep in mind the WEF will be doing their cyber polygon test soon.
Actually, they were. What gave ransomware attacks their big boost was the creation of bitcon (aka bitcoin).
"Then Bitcoin changed everything. While it had been under development for several years prior, it wasn’t until the end of 2012, when Bitcoin Foundation was formed and Bitcoin Central was recognized as a licensed European bank, that Bitcoin started to hit its stride as a viable form of currency."
"As it started to gain more mainstream appeal, ransomware criminals recognized it as just the method of monetary extraction they’d been seeking. Bitcoin exchanges provided adversaries the means of receiving instant payments while maintaining anonymity, all transacted outside the strictures of traditional financial institutions."