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For quite some time now, iNSYNQ was under the scrutinizing eyes of various social network platforms as well as on web hosting review sites due to its lack of updates. The servers of iNSYNQ were locked with ransomware outbreaks. Spammers rooted around the internal network of the company prior to the deployment of the Ransomware for a period of ten days.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This ransomware outbreak<\/span> hit QuickBooks<\/a><\/strong><\/span> cloud hosting firm iNSYNQ during the mid of July.  It is a cloud computing that is a provider of virtual desktop environments. The attack rendered the cloud hosting firm\u2019s customers\u2019 files inaccessible because of the ransomware attack.  The attack appears to have started with an email phishing attack. The attack was successful as it hit employees working in the sales department for the company.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the Company’s Take on It?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The malware encrypted some iNSYNQ customer files, most of these were smaller files and did not include QuickBooks or Sage files. The malware has also spread into some of the backups. If the company turned on the backups, there was a good chance that the virus would then start to spread across the entire network through the backup system. So, the company treated the backups similarly to how they were treating the primary systems.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of iNSYNQ\u2019s customers are accountants and when the company took its network offline on July 16 in response to a ransomware outbreak. Some of its customers took to social media to complain that iNSYNQ was not answering them. In view of the damage caused by the ransomware attack, the company has decided to offer its customers a two-month credit.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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The company is investigating the attack, however, no evidence has been found that the customer data has been accessed. The<\/span> ransomware attack\u2019s time-consuming recovery steps are incompatible with the always-on business-like “web hosting”.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attackers left a ransom note which states that:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe are working for profit. The core of this criminal business is to give back your valuable data in the original form (for ransom of course)\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As per the company, the ransom was a very substantial amount and had the money wired to pay it in cryptocurrency. <\/span>They were able to contain the encryption part of up to roughly 50% of customer systems<\/span>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Does This Situation Tell Us?<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The ransomware attack was successfully initiated through a<\/span> phishing<\/a><\/strong><\/span> email that was deployed on an employee in the sales department. It is, therefore, evident that even a single victim employee can cause havoc within the organization. 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