A cyber attack on American IT firm Kaseya, reported last week, turned out to be the biggest global ransomware attack on record. Hundreds of businesses in the United States were hit on Friday by the unusually sophisticated cyber attack. However, some cyber security experts said the smallest amount demanded appears to have been $45,000. In Germany, an unnamed IT services company told authorities several thousand of its customers were compromised. CEO Fred Voccola of the breached software company, Kaseya, estimated the victim number in the low thousands.

Source: Hindustan Times July 05, 2021 01:30 UTC