Cybersecurity researcher Jake Williams, president of Rendition Infosec, said he was already working with six companies hit by the ransomware. It's no accident that this happened before the Fourth of July weekend, when IT staffing is generally thin, he added. Hammond of Huntress said he was aware of four managed-services providers — companies that host IT infrastructure for multiple customers — being hit by the ransomware, which encrypts networks until the victims pay off attackers. "We currently have three Huntress partners who are impacted with roughly 200 businesses that have been encrypted," Hammond said. The FBI linked the same ransomware provider to a May attack on JBS SA, a major global meat processer.

Source: Daily Sun July 02, 2021 23:15 UTC