Why OT has become a hot target for cyber criminals

Organizations in the critical national infrastructure sectors had mean and median ransomware payments reach $3.225 million and $2.54 million this year, respectively, representing a sixfold and 41-fold increase over the past year.

Attackers leveraged an updated version of the Demodex kernel-level rootkit with more advanced tools and obfuscation techniques to compromise an unnamed organization's network.

An attempted rebound by LockBit and rise of fresh groups like RansomHub led to a 20% increase in claimed victims.