Linux Ransomware Poses Significant Threat to Critical Infrastructure

Organizations running Linux distributions need to prepare to defend their systems against ransomware attacks. Steps to ensure resiliency and basics such as access control reduce major disruptions.

Linux systems run many of the most critical operations behind the scenes, including a good deal of our nation’s critical infrastructure, and now more ransomware groups are introducing Linux versions. If these systems are disrupted by a ransomware attack, it could cause a catastrophic event.

Ransomware attacks on these systems could make the Colonial Pipeline disruption look like a blip, so we should be making all necessary preparations to address this rapidly growing threat. Unfortunately, this makes Linux even more alluring to today’s ransomware gangs — many of which are affiliated with nation-states that have unlimited resources.

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