Security News > 2020 > December > Ransomware forces hosting provider Netgain to take down data centers
Cloud hosting and IT services provider Netgain was forced to take some of their data centers offline after suffering a ransomware attack in late November.
On December 4th, customers began receiving emails from Netgain stating that they may experience "System outages or slowdowns" due to a cyberattack on the hosting provider.
The next day, Netgain stated that they were forced to shut down their data centers to isolate and contain the ransomware attack.
Today, a Netgain customer named Crystal Practice Management, who offers office management software solutions for optometrists and vision therapy professionals, emailed their customers to update them on the Netgain attack.
According to Crystal PM, thousands of Netgain servers were affected by the ransomware attack, and that Netgain is working around the clock trying to get their servers back online.