Successful ransomware attacks against organizations in Asia continue at peak levels in 2024 following a wave of high-profile data breaches last year.
September 2, 2024 By Robert Lemos
A spate of major ransomware attacks in Southeast Asia in the first half of this year was just the beginning.
Companies and government agencies in Southeast Asia — especially Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Indonesia — have experienced a significant increase in attacks, outpacing the rate of ransomware growth in European nations, according to telemetry data from Trend Micro. Major incidents such as the June ransomware attack by a gang known as Brain Cipher that disrupted more than 160 Indonesian government agencies, are likely to multiply as the economies in the region grow.