NEWS BRIEF
Ingram Micro confirmed it suffered a ransomware attack over the July 4 holiday weekend, and that its website is once again operational in all countries and regions where it operates.
“Our teams continue to perform at a swift pace to serve and support our customers and vendor partners,” said the IT distributor giant. “We are grateful for the support we’ve received from our customers and industry colleagues.”
Customers were the first to find the IT distributor’s websites down, unable to place any online orders.
The ransomware was initially identified on certain internal systems at Ingram, so the company took some of its systems offline and implemented mitigation measures. Ingram also initiated an investigation alongside third-party experts.
Ingram Micro also filed an 8-K form with the US Securities and Exchange Commission following the attack and apologized to customers and partners for the disruption.
It still remains unclear which ransomware gang is responsible for the attack, though Bleeping Computer reported that the ransom note sent to Ingram Micro allegedly is from SafePay. At press time, the attacker had made no mention of Ingram Micro on its Dark Web leak site.
