Cyberthreats increase in manufacturing

Share of manufacturing attacks 2019–2023

2023 - 25.7%,  2022 - 24.8%,  2021 - 23.2%, 2020 - 17.7%, 2019 - 8%

45% malware was the top action on objective

31% of incidents occurred with the use of legitimate tools for malicious purposes

Server access incidents accounted for 21% of the cases, an increase from 17% in 2022

36% of incidents included credential harvesting

36% of incidents included data theft and leak

16% of incidents included data destruction

16% of incidents included extortion

Top initial infection vector: Phishing – 39%

Exploitation of public-facing applications – 33%

Internationally

In Europe manufacturing moved from second place in 2022 to the most-attacked industry, accounting for 28% of incidents.

Manufacturing, represented in 46% of the incidents, was the most-attacked industry in Asia-Pacific for the second year in a row.

In Latin America, manufacturing tied for second most attacked, along with mining and energy – all at 14%.

Source: https://www.ibm.com/reports/threat-intelligence