Security News > 2021 > September > Marketron marketing services hit by Blackmatter ransomware
BlackMatter ransomware gang over the weekend hit Marketron, a business software solutions provider that serves more than 6,000 customers in the media industry.
Marketron provides cloud-based revenue and traffic management tools for broadcast and media organizations.
Marketron customers learned of the incident in an email on Sunday night from the company CEO, Jim Howard, who said that "The Russian criminal organization BlackMatter" was responsible for the attack.
"Currently, all Marketron services are offline," the company announced, adding that the attack affected the Marketron Traffic, Visual Traffic Cloud, Exchange, and Advertiser Portal services.
"We are unable to confirm the root cause of the event at this time and this investigation is very much on-going" - Bo Bandy, Marketron VP of Marketing.
The BlackMatter ransomware is believed to be a rebrand of the DarkSide ransomware operation, which shut down after attacking Colonial Pipeline in May. The gang has been highly active, hitting more than a dozen organizations this month alone.