Ransomware attack hits major US data center provider

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CyrusOne is currently working with law enforcement and forensics firms to investigate the attack and is also helping customers restore lost data from backups. FIA Tech, a financial and brokerage firm, has informed customers today that an outage of their respective cloud services originated at their data center provider. In a message to customers, FIA Tech said "the attack was focused on disrupting operations in an attempt to obtain a ransom from our data center provider. Weve been told CyrusOne does not intend to pay the ransom demand, barring any future unforeseen developments. In an SEC filing last year, the company explicitly listed "ransomware" as a risk factor for its business (page 23).

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