ScanSource Ransomware Attack: 5 Big Things To Know
May 17, 2023 – Published on CRN
Amid what some cyberthreat experts are saying is a resurgence in ransomware overall in 2023, IT and telecom distributor ScanSource confirmed this week it has become the victim of what appears to be a major ransomware attack. The cyberattack has crippled some of ScanSource’s basic digital systems, including many pages on its website, impacting customers and suppliers in geographies including North America, according to the Greenville, S.C.-based company.
While total ransomware attacks fell in 2022 from the peak of the prior year, there has been a “substantial increase” on several barometers of ransomware activity in 2023 so far, said Mark Lance, vice president for DFIR and threat intelligence at GuidePoint Security, in an interview with CRN last week.
On the whole, ransomware-focused threat actors “came out of the gates gunning” in 2023, said GuidePoint Security’s Lance. Ransomware activity during the first quarter of the year, for instance, was “back to rates that were more [in line with what] we saw in 2021,” he said in the interview with CRN last week.
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