{"id":41607,"date":"2021-07-03T15:50:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T15:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/it-management-biz-kaseya-pwned-by-miscreants-to-infect-businesses-with-ransomware\/"},"modified":"2021-07-03T15:50:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T15:50:23","slug":"it-management-biz-kaseya-pwned-by-miscreants-to-infect-businesses-with-ransomware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/it-management-biz-kaseya-pwned-by-miscreants-to-infect-businesses-with-ransomware\/","title":{"rendered":"IT management biz Kaseya pwned by miscreants to infect businesses with ransomware"},"content":{"rendered":"

In brief<\/span> In what’s looking like a nasty supply-chain attack, IT systems management biz Kaseya was compromised by miscreants, which then used its VSA product to infect its own customers and then their customers with ransomware.<\/p>\n

At least 200 businesses were hit, according to<\/a> infosec biz Huntress. Kaseya meanwhile initially estimated 40 worldwide were infected. It also told its clients to switch off their VSA data management and remote monitoring services immediately.<\/p>\n

“We are experiencing a potential attack against the VSA that has been limited to a small number of on-premise customers only as of 1400 EDT today,” it said in a Friday advisory<\/a>.<\/p>\n