Security News > 2023 > March > FBI: Ransomware hit 860 critical infrastructure orgs in 2022
The Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed in its 2022 Internet Crime Report that ransomware gangs breached the networks of at least 860 critical infrastructure organizations last year.
"The IC3 received 870 complaints that indicated organizations belonging to a critical infrastructure sector were victims of a ransomware attack," the FBI said.
"Of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors, IC3 reporting indicated 14 sectors had at least 1 member that fell victim to a ransomware attack in 2022.".
While the FBI states that it received 870 complaints from affected critical infrastructure organizations, the graph that provides more detailed info for each sector totals only 860 hits.
The top three ransomware gangs linked to attacks targeting critical infrastructure last year, based on the number of attacks, were Lockbit, ALPHV/BlackCat, and Hive.
It also revealed that Ragnar Locker ransomware breached at least 52 critical orgs, Cuba ransomware hit at least 49 U.S. critical infrastructure entities, and BlackByte ransomware was deployed on the networks of at least three others.
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