Medusa Is Evolving: Cyber Resilience, Cyber Recovery, and ResOps Matter More than Ever
Commvault, Wednesday, September 16th, 2026
Commvault tracks the evolving Medusa ransomware operation and what its tactics mean for recovery readiness.
Commvault analyzes how the Medusa ransomware operation has evolved, including changes to its intrusion tradecraft, extortion model, and targeting.
The post details the group's efforts to locate and destroy backup infrastructure before encryption, which is the decisive factor in whether victims can recover.
It connects these tactics to specific hardening measures around immutability, air-gapped copies, and credential separation for backup systems. Commvault argues that Medusa's trajectory validates investment in cyber recovery and ResOps practices.