2023 marked an 80 percent increase in ransomware activity

The latest annual report from the GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team (GRIT) observed 63 distinct ransomware groups using encryption, data exfiltration, data extortion, and other novel tactics to compromise and publicly post 4,519 victims across all 30 of GRIT's tracked industries, and in 120 countries, across 2023. Most impacts affected a limited subset of industries. 62 percent of all observed victims belong to one of the top ten most-impacted industries, with manufacturing and technology remaining the two most-impacted. Manufacturing and technology represent 12.9 percent and 7.9 percent of all victims, respectively. Among manufacturing industry victims, the US was impacted five… [Continue Reading]