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Following a ransomware attack that occurred at the end of November, the web hosting and IT service provider Netgain has been forced to take some of its data centers offline.

The company provides hosting and cloud IT solutions to organizations in the healthcare and accounting industry and this may be why it was targeted by cybercriminals in the first place.

Following a ransomware attack that occurred at the end of November, the web hosting and IT service provider Netgain has been forced to take some of its data centers offline.

The company provides hosting and cloud IT solutions to organizations in the healthcare and accounting industry and this may be why it was targeted by cybercriminals in the first place.

Following a ransomware attack that occurred at the end of November, the web hosting and IT service provider Netgain has been forced to take some of its data centers offline.

The company provides hosting and cloud IT solutions to organizations in the healthcare and accounting industry and this may be why it was targeted by cybercriminals in the first place.

Written by Benjamin Freed
Nov 20, 2020 | STATESCOOP

Several state and local government agencies around the United States have had their web presences taken out following a ransomware attack against a web hosting provider the agencies share.

The provider, Managed.com, was targeted with the REvil malware in an incident that appears to have started Monday. The company has said it took down the entirety of its web hosting services, according to ZDNet, which was first to report the incident. Those services include managed website hosting, email and file-transfer servers and remote access points.

But in Managed.com deactivating its hosting infrastructure, several of its clients’ websites have…

As ransomware attacks are on a rise, we see a continuous increase in the victim list. The recent ransomware attack has hit the web hosting provider Managed.com. The service reportedly went down after the incident.

Managed.com Disclosed Ransomware Attack

On November 16, 2020, the web hosting service Managed.com posted an update regarding an ‘unscheduled service interruption’. Initially, they didn’t disclose any details as they continued investigating the matter. However, the following day, Managed.com disclosed to have suffered a ransomware attack.

As revealed, the incident impacted a limited number of websites. However, to prevent the spread of the attack to more customers, the service providers pulled off their entire system.

After that, they started working to restore the…