Security News > 2021 > July > Industrial facilities progressively at risk of data theft and ransomware attacks
Trend Micro released a new report highlighting the growing risk of downtime and sensitive data theft from ransomware attacks aimed at industrial facilities.
"Given the US government is now treating ransomware attacks with the same gravity as terrorism, we hope our latest research will help industrial plant owners to prioritize and refocus their security efforts."
Industrial Control Systems are a crucial element of utility plants, factories and other facilities-where they're used to monitor and control industrial processes across IT-OT networks.
If ransomware finds its way onto these systems, it could knock out operations for days and increase the risk of designs, programs, and other sensitive documents finding their way onto the dark web.
The report found that Ryuk, Nefilim, Sodinokibi and LockBit variants accounted for more than half of ICS ransomware infections in 2020.
Tackle post-intrusion ransomware by mitigating the root causes of infection via application control software, and threat detection and response tools to sweep networks for IoCs.
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