
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
17% incidents of ransomware
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%
Abuse of external remote services – 22%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%.
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