Security News > 2023 > March > Ransomware attacks skyrocket as threat actors double down on U.S., global attacks
NCC Group's Global Threat Intelligence team, in its monthly cybersecurity Threat Pulse, noted there were 240 ransomware attacks in February 2023 - a 45% increase from the record-high number of attacks in January.
The NCC Group also reported that ransomware LockBit 3.0 was the leading arrowhead, with the eponymous threat group having launched 129, or 54%, of ransomware salvos last month, including an attack on the U.K.'s Royal Mail.
BlackCat, constituting 13% of February ransomware attacks.
"However, the volume of ransomware attacks in January and February is the highest we have ever monitored for this period of the year."
NCC Group's report said industrials represented one-third, or 80 of the month's 240 ransomware attacks, an increase of 31 attacks versus January.
Similarly Barracuda Networks' 2023 Ransomware Insights Report, which polled leaders at companies with between 100 and 2,500 employees, saw differences in ransomware attack techniques depending on targeted business sectors.
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