{"id":2081,"date":"2021-07-07T05:42:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T03:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/07\/whos-behind-the-kaseya-ransomware-attack-and-why-is-it-so-dangerous\/"},"modified":"2021-07-07T05:42:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T03:42:39","slug":"whos-behind-the-kaseya-ransomware-attack-and-why-is-it-so-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/07\/whos-behind-the-kaseya-ransomware-attack-and-why-is-it-so-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s behind the Kaseya ransomware attack \u2013 and why is it so dangerous?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The breach has affected hundreds of businesses around the world, and experts fear the worst is yet to come<\/p>\n<p>Hackers last week infiltrated a Florida-based information technology firm and deployed a ransomware attack, seizing troves of data and demanding $70m in payment for its return.<\/p>\n<p>The hack of the Kaseya firm, which is already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ransomware-hackers-70-million-revil\/\">being called<\/a> \u201cthe biggest ransomware attack on record\u201d, has affected hundreds of businesses globally, including supermarkets in Sweden and schools in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/jul\/06\/kaseya-ransomware-attack-explained-russia-hackers\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/409800c50ac2b2b56ac6599780ea31656e35131e\/0_192_5760_3456\/master\/5760.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=3f189a68e9da331ee03ff886d79ce513\" title=\"Who\u2019s behind the Kaseya ransomware attack \u2013 and why is it so dangerous?\" \/>The breach has affected hundreds of businesses around the world, and experts fear the worst is yet to come<br \/>\nHackers last week infiltrated a Florida-based information technology firm and deployed a ransomware attack, seizing troves of data and demanding $70m in payment for its return.<br \/>\nThe hack of the Kaseya firm, which is already being called \u201cthe biggest ransomware attack on record\u201d, has affected hundreds of businesses globally, including supermarkets in Sweden and schools in New Zealand. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The breach has affected hundreds of businesses around the world, and experts fear the worst is yet to come Hackers last week infiltrated a Florida-based information technology firm and deployed a ransomware attack, seizing troves of data and demanding $70m in payment for its return. The hack of the Kaseya firm, which is already being &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/07\/whos-behind-the-kaseya-ransomware-attack-and-why-is-it-so-dangerous\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Who\u2019s behind the Kaseya ransomware attack \u2013 and why is it so dangerous?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2082,"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\/2081"}],"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=2081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}