Mass cyberattack looms, FBI warns

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 06, 2021 1:05 am

VIRGINIA: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on Sunday (Monday in Manila) the 'scale' of a major ransomware attack against a US IT company could mean investigators won't be able to work with every victim individually.

Hackers hit Kaseya, a firm that provides IT services to other companies with a ransomware attack that could have targeted as many as 1,000 other businesses on Friday, just before the long holiday July 4 weekend in the United States.

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