US EditionManufacturers faced $18bn loss to ransomware in 2025
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USD 18 bn over potential losses from ransomware attacks on global manufacturing industry in 2025: Research - Platform Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, November 25, 2025/APO Group: The first three quarters of 2025 witnessed ransomware attacks on manufacturing organisations that could have generated an excess of 18 billion in losses pertaining to the direct cost of an idle workforce during downtime with overall operational and financial impacts far exceeding this amount. This is according to
Kasperski, in cooperation with the VDC Research Foundation, revealed that ransom software attacks on industrial enterprises nearly caused financial losses of more than $18 billion during the first three quarters of 2025. This amount represents the direct cost of disruption of the workforce during stopovers, and the overall financial and operational implications far outweighs it.
Kaspersky and VDC Research reveal over $18B in potential losses from ransomware attacks on the global manufacturing industry in 2025
When ransomware hits, production lines halt, triggering immediate revenue losses from an idle workforce and longer-term shortfalls from reduced output JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, November 25, 2025/APO Group/ — Kaspersky (www.Kaspersky.co.za) in collaboration with VDC Research announced that in the first three quarters of 2025 ransomware attacks on manufacturing organisations could have generated over $18 billion in losses. This figure reflects…
Manufacturers faced $18bn loss to ransomware in 2025
In the first three quarters of 2025, ransomware attacks on manufacturing organisations could have generated over $18-billion in losses, according to Kaspersky in collaboration with VDC Research. 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…
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