Record Number of Ransomware Attacks in December 2024
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On 22 January 2025, the cybersecurity firm NCC Group published its cyber threat intelligence report for December 2024 and pointed out that the number of ransomware attacks seen at the end of the year is the highest of any month since it started tracking such activity in 2021. The cybersecurity firm saw 574 ransomware attacks in December 2024, with a new threat group named FunkSec accounting for more than 100 attacks, or 18% of the total.?FunkSec, whose members are likely inexperienced hackers, appears to be involved in both hacktivism and cybercrime. The group was the most active ransomware group in December 2024, followed by Cl0p, Akira and RansomHub.?
According to NCC data, nearly one quarter of the ransomware attacks seen last month targeted the industrial sector, followed by the consumer discretionary, IT, financial and healthcare sectors.
More than half of the ransomware attacks observed in December targeted North American organisations, followed by entities in Europe and Asia.?
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