Ransomware Attacks Rise 3% in Q2 as Supply Chain Compromises Escalate, NCC Group Warns

Global ransomware attacks climbed 3% in the second quarter of 2026, rising from 2,165 incidents in Q1 to 2,229, according to NCC Group’s latest Quarterly Cyber Threat Intelligence Report . While the increase in volume was modest, the security firm warned that supply chain attacks are growing rapidly in both scale and sophistication, and that the overall trajectory of ransomware activity continues to point upwards. The report recorded 665 ransomware attacks in June alone, with the industrials sec