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Russia-linked hackers target IT supply chain with ransomware
Sweden’s Coop shuts grocery stores as attack spreads via managed service providers that use Kaseya technology
World Economy News
4 Jul 2021 • 2 min read
Hackers began a global ransomware attack on Friday, hitting more than 1,000 companies, and forcing Sweden’s Coop grocery chain to close hundreds of stores.
In what appears to be one of the largest supply chain attacks to date, hackers compromised Kaseya, an information technology management software supplier, in order to spread ransomware to the managed service providers that use its technology, as well as to their clients in turn.
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