Kaseya Says That Fewer Than 1,500 Businesses Impacted by Ransomware Attack

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(Check out our two special reports on the Kaseya ransomware incident published over the holiday weekend.)

In a video message posted to its customers on Monday evening, Florida-based software provider Kaseya updated the initial stats it provided the day after it experienced a ransomware attack, increasing the number of direct Kaseya customers from 40 to 60. In addition, Kaseya said that the ransomware attack had impacted fewer than 1,500 downstream businesses.

The Russia-based REvil gang behind the attack claimed to have infected and encrypted files on more than one million systems during the attack and demanded, at least initially, a $70 million ransom payment to release a universal decrypted. (Catalin Cimpanu / The Record)

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