Cybercrims: When We Hit IT, They Sometimes Pay, But When We Hit OT... Jackpot
The Register, Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
Or so says opsec firm, which confirms 70% of all industrial org ransomware in 2023 targeted manufacturers
Cybercriminals follow the money, and increasingly last year that led them to ransomware attacks against the manufacturing industry.
Operational technology security firm Dragos, in its 2023 year-in-review report [PDF], found 70 percent of all industrial org ransomware infections hit manufacturing companies.
Specifically: 638 entities across 33 unique manufacturing subsectors fell victim to ransomware last year.
"Sure, we're seeing [attacks against] oil and gas and electric, but manufacturing is an order of magnitude larger," said Dragos CEO Robert Lee on a call with reporters, adding that the explanation for this is twofold.