The Clorox production lines went dark in 2023 without a single attacker ever touching an OT device [2]. A major global auto manufacturer’s factories cross five countries halted simultaneously in 2025 from one set of stolen credentials. In both cases, the breach was fast. The recovery was not – and the costs ran to hundreds of millions of dollars. [3] These aren’t edge cases anymore. In 2025, ransomware attacks on manufacturers rose 56%, accounting for roughly half of all global incidents [3]. The average ransom demand in Europe more than doubled to $1.16 million. The harder question isn’t which group or which CVE. It’s structural: what is it about a modern manufacturing environment that keeps making the attacker’s job easier? […]
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