Manufacturing Absorbed More Ransomware Claims in March Than the Next Three Verticals Combined

Halcyon's March intelligence shows a pronounced surge in ransomware targeting manufacturing—208 claims in March and a 61% YoY increase—driven by hybrid IT/OT environments, legacy industrial control systems, and flat networks; attackers increasingly use double extortion, amplifying operational and data-leak pressures, and Halcyon's Ransomware Operations Center (ROC) is positioned to intercept such attacks.