{"id":2053,"date":"2021-07-03T20:46:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T18:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/03\/us-companies-scramble-to-contain-international-ransomware-attack\/"},"modified":"2021-07-03T20:46:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T18:46:40","slug":"us-companies-scramble-to-contain-international-ransomware-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/03\/us-companies-scramble-to-contain-international-ransomware-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"US companies scramble to contain international ransomware attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hack closes Swedish grocery stores as head of targeted software supplier Kaseya says it is preparing a patch<\/p>\n<p>Businesses across the US rushed on Saturday to contain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/jul\/02\/latest-ransomware-attack-american-businesses-kaseya\">a ransomware attack<\/a> that paralyzed computer networks around the world, a situation complicated in the US by offices being lightly staffed at the start of the Fourth of July weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In Sweden, most of the grocery chain Coop\u2019s 800 stores were unable to open because cash registers weren\u2019t working, according to the public broadcaster. State railways and a major pharmacy chain were also affected.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/jul\/03\/kaseya-ransomware-attack-us-sweden\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e9136f9d386289f60543c050edeb9f99a23ccd24\/0_0_6720_4032\/master\/6720.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=1387cf059d9ee96e13db30f6a609201a\" title=\"US companies scramble to contain international ransomware attack\" \/>Hack closes Swedish grocery stores as head of targeted software supplier Kaseya says it is preparing a patch<br \/>\nBusinesses across the US rushed on Saturday to contain a ransomware attack that paralyzed computer networks around the world, a situation complicated in the US by offices being lightly staffed at the start of the Fourth of July weekend.<br \/>\nIn Sweden, most of the grocery chain Coop\u2019s 800 stores were unable to open because cash registers weren\u2019t working, according to the public broadcaster. State railways and a major pharmacy chain were also affected. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hack closes Swedish grocery stores as head of targeted software supplier Kaseya says it is preparing a patch Businesses across the US rushed on Saturday to contain a ransomware attack that paralyzed computer networks around the world, a situation complicated in the US by offices being lightly staffed at the start of the Fourth of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/03\/us-companies-scramble-to-contain-international-ransomware-attack\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">US companies scramble to contain international ransomware attack<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}