Manufacturing a Top Industry for Cybersecurity Attacks | Manufacturing News Desk
Manufacturing a Top Industry for Cybersecurity Attacks | Manufacturing News Desk
Publish Date: 2026-06-08 08:45:00
Source Domain: www.advancedmanufacturing.org
Cybersecurity problems remain alive and well in the manufacturing sector, according to a report from Verizon Business.
Cybersecurity invasions remain alive and well in the manufacturing sector, according to a study from Verizon Business.
In the company’s 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), manufacturing was the second-most attacked business sector with 3,627 incidents. Three in four of those incidents (2,713) were stolen-data attacks.
And manufacturing only has 183 fewer incidents than the most attacked industry, financial and insurance.
The 19th report is based on studies of 22,000 confirmed data breaches in 145 countries that took place between November 2024 and October 2025. This is the largest number of breaches the company has ever examined in a single report, Verizon officials said, as cases continue to increase year over year.
Across all sectors, exploitation of vulnerabilities has become the most common way for attackers to gain initial access to an organization, accounting for 31% of…
