CERT-In Ransomware Report 2024: Manufacturing Leads with 30% of Incidents

CERT-In's Official Numbers Are Alarming

CERT-In's India Ransomware Report for 2024 reveals that the manufacturing sector accounted for 30.14% of ransomware incidents nationally. LockBit 3.0 was responsible for 61.8% of all attacks tracked. Notable Indian victims included Zydus Pharmaceuticals and Dhoot Transmission.

Why Offline Backups Are Non-Negotiable

Modern ransomware groups spend weeks inside a network before deploying encryption — identifying and destroying online backup copies first. The only reliable defence is an air-gapped offline backup that ransomware cannot reach.

The AstraCMITS Ransomware Defence Stack

• Immutable offline backups (NAS with WORM + offsite tape or cloud)
• OT network segmentation (DMZ between IT and OT)
• EDR on all endpoints including engineering workstations
• CERT-In compliant incident response plan with 6-hour reporting workflow
• Annual tabletop exercise to test your response