Properly properly properly, in information that may shock completely no-one it has been confirmed that Ingram Micro was hit by ransomware.
As I talked about a few days in the past, hypothesis swirled that the IT product distributor had suffered a cyber assault after its web site went unexpectedly offline over the US vacation weekend.
In a assertion revealed on its investor relations web site, Ingram Micro confirmed {that a} ransomware assault had impacted its inside techniques, and it had taken the step of “proactively taking sure techniques offline” whereas it tried to shore up its defences.
The group behind the assault is regarded as the SafePay ransomware group.
Ingram Micro has not shared any particulars of what information – if any – may need been exfiltrated by the hackers through the course of the assaults.
