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On Friday, a flood of ransomware hit tons of of corporations around the globe. A grocery retailer chain, a public broadcaster, colleges, and a nationwide railway system had been all hit by the file-encrypting malware, inflicting disruption and forcing tons of of companies to shut.
The victims had one thing in frequent: a key piece of community administration and distant management software program developed by U.S. know-how agency Kaseya. The Miami-headquartered firm makes software program used to remotely handle an organization’s IT networks and gadgets. That software program is bought to managed service suppliers successfully outsourced IT departments which they then use to handle the networks of their prospects, usually smaller corporations.
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Attacke auf Kaseya: Auch Deutsches Unternehmen Opfer von Hackerangriff
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden－One of the largest ransomware attacks in history potentially targeted 1,000 businesses on Saturday, forcing the Swedish Coop grocery chain to close all 800 of its stores because it could not operate its cash registers.
The shutdown of the major food retailer came after an unusually sophisticated attack on US tech provider Kaseya on Friday. The ransomware gang known as REvil is suspected of hijacking Kaseya s desktop management tool VSA and pushing a malicious update that infected technology management providers serving thousands of businesses.
Ransomware hits Swedish chain
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