Kaseya: Up to 1,500 Organizations Hit in Ransomware Attack
July 21, 2021
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Screenshot of Kaseya s remote IT management software VSA, which was compromised by ransomware attackers (Source: Kaseya)
Software vendor Kaseya said late Monday that it believes 800 to 1,500 organizations - mostly small businesses - were compromised via the sweeping ransomware attack that exploited its VSA remote IT management software.
Up to 60 of its own customers were compromised, Kaseya said in an update posted late Monday. Those customers supply IT management services to others, which comprise the up to 1,500 organizations that it suspects will have been affected by the attack.
The numbers help put into focus the scope of the attack, which used ransomware code developed by a suspected Russian or Eastern European group called REvil, aka Sodinokibi. Kaseya says in a separate news release that the types of businesses affected include dentists offices, small acco
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Cybersecurity experts are continuing to work to stem the impact of what may be the single biggest global ransomware attack of its kind on record.
An affiliate of Russia s notorious REvil gang, best known for extorting $US11 million ($15 million) from meat processor JBS earlier this year, infected thousands of victims in at least 17 countries on Friday.
Miami-based IT firm Kaseya, which was the initial target of the attack, said fewer than 60 of its customers had been directly affected .
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