Reposted from EMR-ISAC

More than 2 in 5 ransomware attacks reported to the FBI in 2023 targeted organizations in a critical infrastructure sector, the agency said Thursday in its annual Internet Crime Report. Of the 2,825 ransomware attacks reported to the FBI last year, 1,193 hit critical infrastructure organizations. The proportion of ransomware attacks hitting critical infrastructure grew from one-third of attacks reported to the FBI in 2022. Losses reported from ransomware attacks jumped 74% to almost $60 million last year. Ransomware attacks were also up 18% from the previous year.