- Ingram Micro tells some employees to work at home as he attacks cyber attack
- Unconfirmed reports say that the attack is Safepay’s work
- No information on stolen data still
Ingram Micro, a global distributor of information technology products and services (TI), confirmed that it had undergone a ransomware attack which forced it to close certain parts of its infrastructure, prevented it from functioning properly and sent some of its employees to work at home.
In a press release published on its website, the company said it recently identified ransomware on “some of its internal systems”. Consequently, he “proactively” took certain offline systems and implemented “other mitigation measures”. Third -party cybersecurity experts were also brought to help the investigation and the police were informed.
“Ingram Micro works with diligence to restore affected systems so that it can process and send orders, and the company apologizes for any disturbance that this problem causes its customers, suppliers and others,” concludes the press release.
Pass through
While Ingram Micro has not detailed the attack, the culprits or the sensitive files potentially stolen in the attack, Bleeping Compompute said the incident was the work of Safepay, a relatively young ransomware operation that emerged between September and November 2024.
This group is engaged in the usual double expression tactics (encryption + data flight) and claims to have violated more than 200 organizations in different industries such as manufacturing, health care or education.
The publication also reports that Safepay pirates have interrupted the company’s globalprotect VPN platform and left ransom notes on employee apparatuses. Some employees were sent to work at home and were invited not to use GlobalProtect VPN access.
Among the systems affected by the breach is the distribution platform X Even fueled by AI Micro and the Pulse Licensing Provisioning Platform. Other internal services work as usual.
Ingram Micro is a giant in the IT products and services industry, serving more than 160,000 customers worldwide, including giants such as Apple, HP or Cisco.
