9 APPENDIX A – CLASSIFICATION PROCESS Belo is a table detailing ho e classiåfed the ictims’ industries. On the left column is the original code given to each victim on its LinkedIn page and on the right, the parent industry we provided to each of these LinkedIn codes. 59 Note that we included some industries that are considered quite prominent into a larger industr classiåfcation. For e ample, the construction industr as classiåfed as manufacturing and computer software and hardware as technology. We also united some industries, such as in the case of government and defense, pharmaceuticals and chemicals, and legal and human resources. This practice as done in order to pre ent an o eræfo in the number of industries and to enable a short but comprehensive view of the attacked industries. https://developer.linkedin.com/docs/reference/industry-codes 59. LinkedIn Industr Codes Parent Industr Accounting Financial Services Agricultural Agriculture Air Conditioning Others Apparel and Fashion Manufacturing Architecture and Planning Manufacturing Automotive Transportation Banking Financial Services Biotechnology Technology Broadcast Media Media Building Materials Manufacturing Business Supplies and Equipment Others Capital Markets Financial Services Car Rental Transportation Chemicals Manufacturing Ci ic and Social Organi ation NPO Civil Engineering Manufacturing Computer Games Media Computer Hardware Technology Computer Software Technology Construction Manufacturing Consumer Electronics Retail Consumer Goods Retail Consumer Services Retail Cosmetics Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals Dairy Retail Defense Government and Defense Defense and Space Government and Defense Education Education Electrical and Electronic Manufacturing Manufacturing 34 | The Ransomware Landscape