The manufacturing sector recorded an overall risk rating of 6.7 out of 10, classified as elevated, according to the latest Cyfirma Industry Report for Q2 2026. The findings are based on 90 days of telemetry across five threat categories and reveal sustained pressure from ransomware and advanced persistent threat activity. Ransomware affected 279 victims across 49 countries during the period. This figure represented 12.48% of all ransomware victims globally, marking the most concentrated expos
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There are many factors affecting downtime that manufacturers must consider minimizing disruption to the production line. While unplanned maintenance is one of the main elements posing a risk to streamlined operations, another growing issue is cyber-attacks and ransomware.
Cyber security has long been a threat to industrial organizations, but the risk, and indeed incident rate, is growing. According to a report by cybersecurity technology specialists Dragos, ransomware attacks alone against ind
