Massive US Cyber ​​Attack Affected Over 1,000 Businesses Worldwide

At present, it is difficult to estimate the true scope of the attack with “ransomware,” a type of program that paralyzes computer systems and then demands a reward in return for unlocking.

Kaseya he noted this Friday a possible incident in his VSA software and assured to have been able to confine it “to less than 40 customers in the world”. However, the latter provide services to other companies, allowing hackers to multiply their attacks.

According to the computer security company Hunter’s labs, “over 1,000 businesses” have been affected by this ransomware.

“Based on the number of IT (information technology) service providers asking us for help and the feedback we see in this thread, it’s reasonable to think that this could impact thousands of people. small enterprises. “ Huntress Labs notes in a post on the Reddit forum.

“We do not have data at the moment on the number of businesses affected,” he commented. Brett Callow, cybersecurity expert Emsisof and said the scale of the attack is likely “unprecedented”.

Based in Miami, Kaseya, which claims more than 40,000 customers, offers IT tools to businesses, including VSA software to manage the network of servers, computers and printers from a single source.

The US Agency for Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security (CISA) announced that it is “taking steps to understand and resolve the recent ransomware attack” against Kaseya and the companies that use its software.

“We are working with Kaseya and we are coordinating with the FBI (Federal Police) to locate the victims” of the ransomware, added its director of cybersecurity, Eric Goldstein.

Ransomware attacks have become frequent, and the United States has been particularly affected in recent months by operations against large companies such as meat giant JBS and pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline, as well as local communities and companies. hospitals.

Many experts believe that the hackers behind these attacks are generally based in Russia. Moscow, suspected of covering or even being associated with their activities, denies any involvement.

But the phenomenon is growing so much that it was one of the main points raised by the American president, Joe biden, during his meeting in mid-June with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Poutine.