Nonprofits are under attack

In the last 4 years only, we were able to identify 122775 cyber attacks impacting nonprofits.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg.

My colleagues got scared when confronted with this. The colleague who opened the email containing the malware started to feel guilty. We all did our best to reassure them. But there was this feeling of vulnerability, of being exposed.

Humanitarian

I didn’t know what to do or who turn to once we knew about the attack. How long had the breach been active? We had no idea of the extend of the hack.

Water & Sanitation

It is difficult to understand why anyone would deliberately try to disrupt the work of an organisation that is relied on by people at their most vulnerable.

Healthcare

Mental Health

A cyberwar waged against nonprofits.
But why?

Because of what they do

Most nonprofits fill critical gaps in our societies. Repressive regimes often try to discredit or shut down their operations. In fact, the nonprofit community is the sector most targeted by governments after IT.

Because of what they know

Nonprofits often amass sensitive information whilst supporting at-risk communities. Criminals steal such data to sell it to the highest bidder or to blackmail the victims.

Because of what they have

Nonprofits raise over one trillion US dollars annually. Criminals steal from them and have even started to purposefully target them.

Countless cyber threat actors now targeting nonprofits...

888, Abyss, ALPHV/Blackcat, ALPHV/BlackCat, BianLian, BlackSuit, Cold River, Hunters International, LockBit, Medusa, Monti, RansomExx, Rhysida, Suncrypt, Unknown