Puma hit by data breach after Kronos ransomware attack
Sportswear manufacturer Puma was hit by a data breach following the ransomware attack that hit Kronos, one of its North American workforce management service providers, in December 2021.
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Sportswear manufacturer Puma was hit by a data breach following the ransomware attack that hit Kronos, one of its North American workforce management service providers, in December 2021.
SC Media spoke to experts that offered some hard truths about the Kronos payroll disruptions that emerged after the company fell victim to a ransomware attack: impacted providers share the blame.
Some healthcare employees are finding discrepancies in their paychecks, with Penn Highlands Healthcare among those providing regular updates on how the Kronos attack is affecting its payroll. In short, the time and attendance system outage will continue to impact payroll until the system is restored to full function. But Kronos has not provided an updated timeframe for when that might occur, nor can it advise clients on when the system will be again operational “since each of their thousands of clients must be reactivated individually,” Penn Highlands officials explained.
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