By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Between 800 and 1,500 businesses around the world have been affected by a ransomware attack centered on U.S. information technology firm Kaseya, its chief executive said on Monday. Fred Voccola, the Florida-based company s CEO, said in an interview that it was hard to estimate the precise impact of Friday s attack because those hit were mainly customers of Kaseya s customers. Kaseya is a company which provides software tools to IT outsourcing shops: companies that typically handle back-office work for companies too small or modestly resourced to have their own tech departments. One of those tools was subverted on Friday, allowing the hackers to paralyze hundreds of businesses on all five continents. Although most of those affected have been small concerns - like dentists offices or accountants - the disruption has been felt more keenly in Sweden, where hundreds of supermarkets had to close because their cash registers were inoperative
Up To 1,500 Businesses Affected By Ransomware Attack, Says US Firm Up To 1,500 Businesses Affected By Ransomware Attack, Says US Firm Fred Voccola, the Florida-based company s CEO, said in an interview that it was hard to estimate the precise impact of Friday s attack because those hit were mainly customers of Kaseya s customers.
Kaseya is a company which provides software tools to IT outsourcing shops (Representational)
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Between 800 and 1,500 businesses around the world have been affected by a ransomware attack centered on U.S. information technology firm Kaseya, its chief executive said on Monday.
Fred Voccola, the Florida-based company s CEO, said in an interview that it was hard to estimate the precise impact of Friday s attack because those hit were mainly customers of Kaseya s customers.
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Ransomware attacks have affected up to 1,500 companies, says the U.S. CEO
By Raphael Satter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Between 800 and 1,500 companies worldwide have been hit by a ransomware attack centered on the U.S. information technology company Kaseya, its CEO said Monday.
Florida company CEO Fred Voccola said in an interview that it is difficult to estimate the exact impact of Friday’s attack, given that the victims were mostly Kaseya’s customers.
Kaseya is a company that provides software tools to IT tool outlets: usually small companies that manage back office work or have modest resources to have their own technology departments.
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