GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team’s (GRIT) Annual Ransomware Report Is Out
January 25, 2024 – Published on IT Nerd
GuidePoint Security has announced the release of GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team’s (GRIT) 2023 Annual Ransomware Report. This report is based on data obtained from publicly available resources, including threat groups themselves, and insight into the ransomware threat landscape. GRIT observed a victim volume nearly doubling year-over-year, driven in part by multiple mass exploitation campaigns impacting hundreds of organizations. In total, GRIT observed 63 distinct ransomware groups leverage encryption, data exfiltration, data extortion, and other novel tactics to compromise and publicly post 4,519 victims across all 30 of GRIT’s tracked industries, and in 120 countries.
GRIT’s Annual Ransomware Report also examines major ransomware events throughout the year including Clop’s MOVEit campaign, Scattered Spider’s attacks on major casinos, LockBit’s new Affiliate Rules regarding ransom negotiations, SEC’s new guidance for incident notifications, law enforcement’s disruption of Alphv operations, and published decryptors impacting ransomware operations for BianLian and Akira.
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