Ransomware Resilience – Sophos Report Analyzes Ransomware in Critical Infrastructure

Sophos published its “The State of Ransomware in Critical Infrastructure 2024” report yesterday offering a comprehensive glimpse into the state of ransomware within the energy, oil/gas, and utilities sector in 2024. The report sheds light on persistent challenges and evolving trends in the sector, highly applicable to the water and wastewater systems sector. While the report indicates that recovery rates have remained steady, there is a growing trend of critical infrastructure organizations choosing to pay the ransom rather than use their backups for data recovery.