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SoW (Story of the Week) publishes a report summarizing ransomware’s activity on the Darkweb. The report includes summary of victimized firms, Top 5 targeted countries and industrial sectors, status of dark web forum posts by ransomware operators, etc.
1. Weekly Status
- A total of 40 victim companies were mentioned on ransomware leak sites based on 13 attack groups that had been updated in the past week
- HQ of ransomware victim companies is the highest in the United States, accounting for 42.5% of the total victimized companies
- Among all ransomware attack groups, LockBit accounted for 30.0% of the activity, showing the highest activity
1.1. TOP 5 targeted countries
- USA — 42.5%
- Brazil & Austria — 7.5%
- South Korea & Others — 5.0%
- Others — 2.5%
1.2. TOP 5 targeted industrial sectors
- Financial — 12.5%
- Service — 10.0%
- Law & Machinery — 7.5%
- Transportation & Others — 5.0%
- Others — 2.5%
1.3. TOP 5 Ransomware
- LockBit — 30.0%
- BlackMatter — 27.5%
- Conti & CoomingProject — 7.5%
- Marketo & Hive — 5.0%
- Others — 2.5%
2. Weekly highlighted the post @TALON
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[SoW] W3 Sep | EN | Story of the week: Ransomware on the Darkweb was originally published in S2W BLOG on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.