Anja Shortland
Professor of political economy at King's College London and expert on extortive crime and cybercrime; author of Dark Screens (We Know You Can Pay a Million in the UK), focusing on ransomware, criminal markets, and the institutions around them.
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Apr 30, 2026 • 44min
We Know You Can Pay a Million: Anja Shortland Illuminates the Dark Screen of Ransomware
Anja Shortland, a political economy professor at King’s College London and author of Dark Screens, studies ransomware, extortion, and the institutions around them. She discusses how insurance, cryptocurrency, and negotiation norms shape ransomware markets. She also explores state links, regional concentration of hackers, AI’s double-edged role, and how regulation could change incentives.
