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‘Over 1,000 businesses’ potentially affected by US cyberattack — specialist
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNEW YORK — A ransomware attack launched hours before the US Independence Day holiday weekend potentially affected 1,000 businesses, researchers say.
Information technology company Kaseya confirmed yesterday that its “VSA” software — used to manage and monitor computers remotely — had been targeted, but said it had limited the attack to “a very small percentage of our customers” who use the tools.
The software, however, was manipulated “to encrypt more than 1,000 companies,” cybersecurity specialist Huntress Labs says today.
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