Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attack Tracker Reaches 2,000 Incidents

Roughly 2,000 ransomware attacks were launched over the past decade against critical infrastructure organizations in the United States and other countries, according to data collected as part of a project maintained at Temple University in Philadelphia.

SecurityWeek first wrote about the project in 2020, when it covered more than 680 ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure. By February 2022, the number of entries exceeded 1,100, and it has now reached just over 2,000.

The project is maintained by Aunshul Rege, professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University, and Rachel Bleiman, PhD candidate and graduate research assistant.

The Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attacks (CIRA) database currently covers more than 2,000 attacks documented since 2013, and includes nearly 300 entries for incidents that came to light in 2024.

It contains information such as name of the victim, date of the incident, country or US state, targeted critical ...