Over the past 12 months, the number of successful ransomware attacks has increased alarmingly. Many attacks have been headline news due to the disruption they have caused and the high cost of remediation.
The healthcare industry in the United States has been targeted, with the attacks disrupting patient care and putting patient safety at risk. Recently there was an attack on Colonial Pipeline that resulted in the shutdown of the main fuel pipeline serving the East Coast of the United States, while JBS suffered an attack that threatened food production at its U.S. plants.