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Three-quarters of Ransomware Attacks Target Mid-Market Firms
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Fusion42 · 18 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
A Black Kite study reveals that nearly 75% of ransomware attacks since 2023 targeted mid-market firms with $10m to $1bn revenue, especially in manufacturing and professional services sectors. Many mid-market companies have critical security gaps including exploited vulnerabilities and poor patch management, heightening their ransomware risk.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Industrial.
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Mid-market manufacturing and industrial firms face a ransomware wave driven by exploitable weaknesses and rapid AI-accelerated vulnerability discovery. You must tighten patching and risk management now or lose control to attackers exploiting your blind spots.
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