Human resource products outfit Kronos has confirmed its Kronos Private Cloud has been hit with ransomware that has knocked some of its services offline.
The global supplier of business software said that all its products had been hit. Bob Hughes, executive vice president at Kronos addressed customers on Monday saying the incident was indeed ransomware-related.
Hughes also said “it may take up to several weeks to restore system availability” and that customers should take additional measures to ensure the smooth running of their business while the outage persists. We are working with leading cyber security experts to assess and resolve the situation, and have notified the authorities,” said Hughes. “The investigation remains ongoing, as we work to determine the nature and scope of the incident”, he said.
