and that may be just the beginning. >> so the scale of this is something that i don't think this country has ever seen anything quite like it. and it's going to get much worse. >> reporter: wray says the fbi is investigating more than 100 ransomware attacks, each case with dozens, if not hundreds, of victims. and he's urging companies not to give into extortion. >> companies should not pay the ransom for a number of reasons. it encourages more of this kind of activity. you could pay the ransom and not get your system back. >> reporter: u.s. companies have been under incredible pressure. food giant jbs now confirming it paid $11 million to cyber criminals after a ransomware attack closed its meat plants across the u.s. this after colonial pipeline paid $4.4 million in ransom after an attack that ended up closing gas stations along the east coast. but the homeland security secretary in an exclusive interview at his agency's cyber command center said companies are being put in an impossible situation. >> we've lost $350 million in