eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Education, government, energy and manufacturing are others. Cyber criminals have learned that it is not only businesses that make soft targets for the attacks. Ransomware-proof backups: You can limit the damage caused by ransomware by maintaining an effective backup and disaster recovery plan.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 14, 2025

The sectors targeted by ransomware groups have also remained consistent: Professional services and technical services (PSTS) and manufacturing companies are primary targets because of their economic importance, low tolerance for operational downtime, and higher willingness to pay ransoms.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 2, 2022

Some industries saw particularly high growth of double-extortion attacks, including healthcare (643%), food service (460%), mining (229%), education (225%), media (200%), and manufacturing (190%). Manufacturing was the most targeted industry for the second straight year, making up almost 20% of double-extortion ransomware attacks.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Hunt and destroy or encrypt backups hosted in local and cloud networks as well as virtual machine snapshots. Some can’t afford not to pay, and some are covered by cyber insurance. Protect your backup systems. Does backup protect against ransomware? That’s why off-site backups are critically important for recovery.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 15, 2021

Dawn Cappelli, vice president of global security and chief information security officer at Rockwell Automation, said that the spike in ransomware attacks, particularly in manufacturing, inspired a tabletop exercise in December with her CEO and all his direct reports to walk through various ransomware scenarios.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As is often the case, the cost of restoring files from backups can amount to more than paying the ransom. This includes the Billtrust and German manufacturer, Pilz, ransomware infections. Backups aren’t working. Restoring from backup is certainly preferable to paying the bad guys for the damage they have inflicted.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

We know that you know, manufacturing is an area that we've seen a lot of targets over the last quarter. Again, because if you bring down manufacturing operations, there's a high impact to the business and necessity to recover quickly. By no means. Does that mean that there was no ransomware occurring? VAMOSI: Should you pay?

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