- Ingram Micro asks some employees to work from home as it tackles Cyberattack
- Unconfirmed reports claim the attack is Safepay’s work
- No information on stolen data yet
Ingram Micro, a global distributor of Information Technology (IT) products and services, has confirmed that it has suffered a ransomware attack that forced it to close parts of its infrastructure, prevented it from functioning properly and sent some of its employees to work from home.
In a press release published on its website, the company said it recently identified ransomware on “some of its internal systems.” As a result, it “proactively” took some systems offline and implemented “other refund measures”. Third -party cyber security experts were also brought in to help with the investigation and police were notified.
“Ingram Micro works diligently to restore the affected systems so that it can process and send orders, and the company apologizes for any disturbance this problem causes its customers, supplier partners and others,” the press release concludes.
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While Ingram Micro did not detail the attack, the guilty or sensitive files that are potentially stolen in the attack, Bleeping computer Reported that the incident was worked with SafePay, a relatively young ransomware operation that occurred between September and November 2024.
This group engages in the usual double development tactic (encryption + data theft) and claims to have violated more than 200 organizations across different industries, such as manufacturing, healthcare or education.
The publication also reports that SafePay’s hackers broke in through the company’s global protect VPN platform and left Ransom Notes on employee units. Some employees were sent to work from home and were allegedly asked not to use the GlobalProtect VPN access.
Among the systems that are affected by the violation are Ingram Micro’s AI-driven Xvantage-Distribution Platform and Impulse License-Delivery Platform. Other internal services work as usual.
Ingram Micro is a huge in IT products and the service sector serving more than 160,000 customers globally, including giants such as Apple, HP or Cisco.
