But the impact has already been severe and will only get worse given the nature of the targets. The situation is still developing and certain details-most important, how the attackers infiltrated the software in the first place-remain unknown. That’s precisely what happened Friday afternoon, as the notorious REvil criminal group successfully encrypted the files of hundreds of businesses in one swoop, apparently thanks to compromised IT management software. It was probably inevitable that the two dominant cybersecurity threats of the day- supply chain attacks and ransomware-would combine to wreak havoc.
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