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NewsMicrosoft: Defender ATP is coming to Linux in 2020 Pin
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NewsMajor ASP.NET hosting provider infected by ransomware Pin
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ATTACK HAPPENED ON SATURDAY

SmarterASP.NET, an ASP.NET hosting provider with more than 440,000 customers, was hit yesterday by ransomware.

The company is the third major web hosting firm this year that went down because hackers breached their network and encrypted data on customer servers.

At the time of writing, SmarterASP.NET said it's working to restore customers' servers. It is unclear if the company paid the ransom demand, or is restoring from backups.

SmarterASP.NET is the third hosting provider that was hit this year. The first was A2 Hosting in May. A2, a well-known provider of Windows Servers, had servers in Asia and North America encrypted by a version of the GlobeImposter 2.0 ransomware strain.

The second web hosting provider hit this year was iNSYNQ, a cloud computing provider of virtual desktop environments. The company was infected in mid-July by a version of the MegaCortex ransomware.

Major ASP.NET hosting provider infected by ransomware | ZDNet[^]

Update 1

SmarterAsp.Net had posted an announcement saying that they had paid the ransom. Following is their statement posted at facebook[^]:

"Dear customers, as you have been notified via email, we got hacked and we have been working on this issues. Ransom has been paid and we are trying to fix everything. There’s no way for afffected customer to download anything at this point. Please stay tuned. We will keep eveyone posted here."

https://www.facebook.com/groups/SmarterASP[^]

modified 10-Nov-19 20:59pm.

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