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BOSTON (AP) Cybersecurity teams worked feverishly Sunday to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some details emerging about how the Russia-linked gang responsible breached the company whose software was the conduit.
An affiliate of the notorious REvil gang, best known for extorting $11 million from the meat-processor JBS after a Memorial Day attack, infected thousands of victims in at least 17 countries on Friday, largely through firms that remotely manage IT infrastructure for multiple customers, cybersecurity researchers said. They reported ransom demands of up to $5 million.
The FBI said in a statement Sunday that it was investigating the attack along with the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, though “the scale of this incident may make it so that we are unable to respond to each victim individually.”
Illustrative: An Aug. 22, 2019 file photo shows signs on a bank of computers telling visitors that the machines are not working at the public library in Wilmer, Texas. (AP/Tony Gutierrez)
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) Cybersecurity teams worked feverishly Sunday to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some details emerging about how the Russia-linked gang responsible breached the company whose software was the conduit.
An affiliate of the notorious REvil gang, best known for extorting $11 million from the meat-processor JBS after a Memorial Day attack, infected thousands of victims in at least 17 countries on Friday, largely through firms that remotely manage IT infrastructure for multiple customers, cybersecurity researchers said. They reported ransom demands of up to $5 million.
Major meat producer JBS suffers cyberattack
Which companies were hit in this latest ransomware attack?
The Miami-based firm Kaseya said a broad array of small businesses including in financial services, travel and leisure, and public agencies on all continents were hit in this latest ransomware attack.
In Sweden, the grocery chain Coop said the vast majority of its 800 stores were closed on Sunday for a second day because their cash register software supplier was down. A pharmacy chain, a gas station chain, the state railway and the public broadcaster SVT were also compromised.
The Swedish grocery chain Coop reported the software used to run its registers was breached in the ransomware attack
This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo)
BOSTON Cybersecurity teams worked feverishly Sunday to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some details emerging about how the Russia-linked gang responsible breached the company whose software was the conduit.
An affiliate of the notorious REvil gang, best known for extorting $11 million from the meat-processor JBS after a Memorial Day attack, infected thousands of victims in at least 17 countries on Friday, largely through firms that remotely manage IT infrastructure for multiple customers, cybersecurity researchers said. They reported ransom demands of up to $5 million.
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