#veeam

Analysis · May 20, 2026 · The Commentary Desk

Ransomware crews keep hitting Veeam for the same two reasons

Four Veeam Backup & Replication CVEs feed the same playbook. Attackers target the backup server because it can destroy your recovery option and because it holds the credentials to everything it backs up. CVE-2024-40711 took Akira and Fog from access to ransomware fast.