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The business offers cloud management, infrastructure systems, data storage, and ransomware recovery services to government agencies and some of the biggest companies in the world, such as China Telecom, BMW, Telefónica, and T-Mobile. Hitachi Vantara acknowledged the ransomware attack in a statement provided to BleepingComputer, stating that company has engaged outside cybersecurity specialists to look into the incident's effects and is currently attempting to bring all impacted systems online. Some of Hitachi Vantara's systems have been disrupted due to a ransomware incident that occurred on April 26, 2025," the company told BleepingComputer. We started our incident response procedures as soon as we noticed suspicious activity read more about Hitachi Vantara takes servers offline...

The Akira ransomware perpetrators targeted an unidentified industrial firm in early June 2023, but Microsoft stated on Wednesday that a "large-scale remote encryption attempt" was thwarted in part because to a user containment feature in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. The operator is being tracked by the internet giant's threat intelligence unit under the name Storm-1567. As a defensive evasion strategy, the assault made use of devices that were not onboarded to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Before encrypting the devices using a compromised user account, the attack carried out a number of reconnaissance and lateral movement operation read more Microsoft Defender Thwarts Large-Scale Akira Ransomware Attack. Stay informed with the best cybersecurity news and raise your cybers...

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Hitachi Vantara takes servers offline after Akira ransomware attack

Microsoft Defender Thwarts Large-Scale Akira Ransomware Attack