Ransomware Awareness – Ransomware Actors Overwhelmingly Target Backups First Once Inside Compromised Network
Veeam has released its 2023 Ransomware Trends Report which, among its many findings, states that in 93 percent of attacks, threat actors target an organization’s backup files. This targeting is generally successful, disrupting the victim’s ability to recover 75 percent of the time. These results underline the critical importance of robust backup procedures in mitigating ransomware due to the importance attackers place on negating them.