Kaseya is latest victim of supply-side ransomware attack: hundreds of companies affected

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Hackers are demanding as much as $70 million

At least 200 businesses have been affected by a ransomware attack, after cyber criminals hijacked widely used software from Florida-based IT firm Kaseya. Kaseya remotely controls programmes for ...

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