Kaseya: Up to 1,500 Organizations Hit in Ransomware Attack
July 21, 2021
September 30, 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