Ransomware Review: First Half of 2024
Summary: Unit 42 reviewed compromise announcements from 53 dedicated leak sites in the first half of 2024 and found 1,762 new posts, averaging roughly 294 a month and almost 68 a week. Six of those groups accounted for more than half of the compromises observed, with manufacturing (16.4% of posts), healthcare (9.6%) and construction (9.4%) the most impacted industries and the U.S. receiving 917 compromises, or 52% of total attacks.
Why it matters: The U.S. absorbed 52% of the 1,762 posted compromises, and the top six groups produced more than half of them - so a security leader's exposure is concentrated in a small set of actors rather than spread evenly across 53.
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