The recent cyberattack on TOMRA, a leading recycling entity and crucial cog in the wider manufacturing supply chain, underscores the escalating threat of cybercrime in the manufacturing sector. On July 16, TOMRA s data systems were extensively compromised, leading to significant operational disruptions. The attack s impact varied across the company s infrastructure, with systems taken offline and machines of different generations affected differently.
New research by the Ponemon Institute and IBM Security revealed that the global average cost of a data breach reached $4.45 million and the costs of avoiding law enforcement after a ransomware attack have increased by $470,000.