Paying Ransom: Why Manufacturers Shell Out to Cybercriminals

Originally published by Dark Reading and CXO REvolutionaries. Written by Ben Corll, CISO - Americas, Zscaler. Everyone in information security knows ransomware actors target different industries for different reasons. Some are seen as flush with cash. Some have obvious reasons for needing to resume operations ASAP. Others are just widely recognized as poorly protected.But did you know that manufacturers pay the highest ransoms of any vertical?A recent report spelled it out in stark detail. Ac...

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