7 Key Manufacturing Cybersecurity Trends for 2027 | Huntress
Huntress says manufacturing rose from 9% to 17% of observed attacks as ransomware shifts toward OT uptime.
Huntress says manufacturing accounted for about 17% of cyberattacks in its 2025 data, up from 9% in 2024. The trends post argues ransomware operators increasingly disrupt operational technology to stop production, causing missed shipments, idle labor, slow restarts, and safety risks. Remote maintenance, IIoT sensors, and cloud dashboards have eroded air gaps, so a phishing foothold can reach jump servers, VPNs, HMIs, and PLCs. It recommends segmentation, time-limited vendor access, MFA, device checks, and network baselining, while warning that unpatchable Windows XP or 7 HMIs remain exposed.
- Manufacturing rose from 9% of Huntress-observed attacks in 2024 to 17% in 2025.
- Ransomware crews are said to target OT uptime, not only encrypted data.
- Phishing on a corporate laptop can bridge VPNs or jump servers into plant networks.
- Suggested defenses include segmentation, limited vendor access, MFA, and traffic baselining.
- Unpatched HMIs still running Windows XP or Windows 7 remain easy targets.
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