{"id":21509,"date":"2022-12-07T00:23:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T00:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/07\/rackspace-confirms-ransomware-behind-days-long-email-outage-the-register\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T00:23:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T00:23:22","slug":"rackspace-confirms-ransomware-behind-days-long-email-outage-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/07\/rackspace-confirms-ransomware-behind-days-long-email-outage-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Rackspace confirms ransomware behind days-long email outage \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Updated<\/span> Rackspace has admitted a ransomware infection was to blame for the days-long email outage that disrupted services for customers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The security snafu<\/a> took down some of Rackspace’s hosted Microsoft Exchange services on Friday afternoon.\u00a0In its most recent update<\/a>, posted at 0826 Eastern Time on Tuesday, Rackspace said it has now “determined this suspicious activity was the result of a ransomware incident,” and has hired a “leading cyber defense firm to investigate.”<\/p>\n

The company hasn’t yet determined what customer data was touched. “If we determine sensitive information was affected, we will notify customers as appropriate,” it added.<\/p>\n

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