The US company Cassia, which provides several companies with an information technology management service, was subjected to a cyber attack Friday that required more than 1,000 companies using its system to pay ransom, forcing a series of Well-known stores in Sweden have temporarily closed all of their approximately 800 stores in the country.
According to Arabian Business, Sweden's Coop Sweden announced that the cyber attack had paralyzed its activities, which represent about 20% of the sector in the country and have sales of about 1.5 billion euros.
It is currently difficult to estimate the actual scale of this ransomware attack.
This type of software exploits vulnerabilities found in companies or individuals and encrypts computer systems and demands a ransom to restart them.
Casia was alerted to an attack on her VSA program at noon on the East Coast of the United States, before a long weekend because Monday is a public holiday.
The company announced Friday evening that the attack was limited to fewer than 40 of its customers worldwide. However, these clients in turn provide services to other companies.
The attack affected more than a thousand companies, according to the cybersecurity company Huntress Labs.
