Also hits on manufacturing, technology and education.
A fifth of ransomware attacks hit healthcare organizations over the past year, an increase of three percent year-on-year.
Analysis of 200 reported incidents covering August 2023 to July 2024, involving 37 countries and 36 different ransomware groups, by Barracuda, found 15% of reported attacks were against manufacturing, and 13% targeted technology companies. Incidents involving education halved from last year’s 18% to account for 9% in 2023/24.
The most prevalent ransomware groups were ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) models. These include LockBit, which in the last 12 months was behind one in six, or 18% of attacks where the identity of the attacker is known.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
