Security News > 2020 > March > Security Breach Disrupts Fintech Firm Finastra

Finastra, a company that provides a range of technology solutions to banks worldwide, said today it was shutting down key systems in response to a security breach discovered this morning.

Update, 5:21 p.m. ET: Finastra has acknowledged that it is battling ransomware.

"The Finastra risk and security services team has detected anomalous activity on our systems," wrote Tom Kilroy, Finastra's chief operating officer.

One reader on Twitter told KrebsOnSecurity they'd heard Finastra had sent thousands of employees home today as a result of the security breach.

"The majority of the Company's employees are already working from home," a statement shared by Finastra reads.

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