Security News > 2020 > October > Ransomware Takes Down Network of French IT Giant
French IT giant Sopra Steria was hit with a cyber attack this week that disrupted the business of the firm and is widely believed to be the work of the threat actors behind Ryuk ransomware.
The company, which did $4.4 billion in business last year, divulged nothing of exactly what type of attack it was and what services, systems and data were affected, sources in the French media claim it was Ryuk ransomware that took down the company.
Earlier this week the group-also responsible for the TrickBot and BazarLoader infections used together with the ransomware-also struck in an unusually swift attack that went from sending a phishing email to complete encryption across the victim's network in just five hours.
Ryuk also is behind a ransomware attack less than a month ago that shut down Universal Health Services, a Fortune-500 owner of a nationwide network of hospitals.
Still, it's unfortunate that a company that specializes in IT services and cybersecurity would keep the public in the dark about key details of what went down during the attack and how it might affect their affiliates, observed Chloe Messdaghi, vice president of strategy for Point3 Security.