Security News > 2023 > May > ScanSource says ransomware attack behind multi-day outages
Technology provider ScanSource has announced it has fallen victim to a ransomware attack impacting some of its systems, business operations, and customer portals.
ScanSource is a U.S.-based cloud service and SaaS connectivity and network communications provider that also offers special PoS and payments, security, and AIDC solutions.
The firm is also the owner of the cloud service provider and education platform Intelisys, and cloud distributor and managed services provider intY. Starting around May 15th, ScanSource customers contacted BleepingComputer saying they no longer had access to the company's customer portals and websites, concerned that they suffered a cyberattack.
Yesterday, ScanSource confirmed that they suffered a ransomware attack on May 14, 2023 that impacted some of its systems.
At the time of publication, it is not known what ransomware operation is behind the attack or whether data has been stolen.
BleepingComputer has reached out to ScanSource to request more details about the ransomware attack, and we will update this post when we hear back.
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