{"id":363474,"date":"2025-11-26T11:57:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T06:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/?p=363474"},"modified":"2025-11-26T11:57:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T06:27:51","slug":"kaspersky-and-vdc-research-reveal-over-18b-in-potential-losses-from-ransomware-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/kaspersky-and-vdc-research-reveal-over-18b-in-potential-losses-from-ransomware-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaspersky and VDC Research reveal over $18B in potential losses from ransomware attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Header_title__OzzK0 Header_title__LzwXZ\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Kaspersky and VDC Research reveal over $18B in potential losses from ransomware attacks on the global manufacturing industry in 2025<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleBody_date__rpGhG\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Kaspersky in collaboration with VDC Research announced that in the first three quarters of 2025 ransomware attacks on manufacturing organizations could have generated over $18 billion in losses.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ArticleBody_articleContainer__Sz0LX\">\n<div class=\"ArticleBody_articleBody__gN8bN\">\n<div class=\"ArticleBody_content__tiVdv ArticleBody_withContentAbove__RyYxL\">\n<p>This figure reflects just the direct cost of an idle workforce during downtime, with overall operational and financial impacts far exceeding this amount. Estimations were made across APAC, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, CIS and LATAM based on the share of manufacturing organizations where ransomware attempts were detected and prevented, the total number of manufacturing organizations in each region, average downtime hours after real attacks, average number of employees per organization and average hourly pay.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kaspersky Security Network from January to September 2025, the Middle East (7%) and Latin America (6.5%) led the regional rankings in terms of ransomware detections in manufacturing organizations. APAC (6.3%), Africa (5.8%), CIS (5.2%) and Europe (3.8%) followed. All of these attacks were blocked by Kaspersky solutions. The estimation of potential losses (below) shows the financial impact if these attacks succeeded.<\/p>\n<p>When ransomware hits, production lines halt, triggering immediate revenue losses from an idle workforce and longer-term shortfalls from reduced output. The average attack lasts 13 days (based on Kaspersky Incident Response\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/content.kaspersky-labs.com\/fm\/site-editor\/33\/3318ec849851138088d24f26d236f469\/source\/irreport.pdf\">Report<\/a>). As a result, idle labor costs from ransomware in the first three quarters of 2025 could have reached:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$11.5 billion in APAC<\/li>\n<li>$4.4 billion in Europe<\/li>\n<li>$711 million in LATAM<\/li>\n<li>$685 million in the Middle East<\/li>\n<li>$507 million in CIS<\/li>\n<li>$446 million in Africa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Actual business losses could have been significantly higher when factoring in supply-chain disruptions, reputational damage, and recovery expenses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur research provides an estimation of the financial impact that ransomware may have had on manufacturing worldwide. The growing complexity of manufacturing environments, along with widening expertise gaps and ongoing labor challenges, makes it difficult for most organizations to manage cybersecurity effectively, but failure to do so may result in financial losses \u2013 followed by reputational blows as well. Partnering with proven cybersecurity vendors is paramount for effective IT, OT and IIoT protection,\u201d\u00a0comments Jared <strong>Weiner,Research Director, Industrial Automation &amp; Sensors at VDC Research.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo region is exempt from ransomware \u2013 whether it\u2019s the Middle East, LATAM, APAC, CIS, Africa or Europe, every manufacturing hub is constantly being targeted.\u00a0Mid-tier manufacturers that could have been overlooked by threat actors in the past are also among the targets because their security budgets are smaller and their supply chain disruption effects can be larger than most realize. The manufacturing sector and all other organizations need reliable, proven defense systems and continuous user education,\u201d comments <strong>Dmitry Galov, Head of Research Center for Russia and CIS at Kaspersky&#8217;s GReAT.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More information about ransomware in different regions is available in Kaspersky\u2019s 2025\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/securelist.com\/state-of-ransomware-in-2025\/116475\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State of Ransomware Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaspersky and VDC Research reveal over $18B in potential losses from ransomware attacks on the global manufacturing industry in 2025 Kaspersky in collaboration with VDC Research announced that in the first three quarters of 2025 ransomware attacks on manufacturing organizations could have generated over $18 billion in losses. 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