Updated December. 5, xx:30 UTC: This commodity has been updated to include comments provided past CyrusOne.

Texas-based data center provider CyrusOne has reportedly fallen victim to an attack from REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware, business tech-focused publication ZDNet reported on Dec. 5.

One of the largest information centers in the United States, CyrusOne has reportedly been exposed to an set on by a variant of the REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware, which previously hit a number of service providers, local governments and businesses in the country.

The scope of the assault

In an email to Cointelegraph, CyrusOne confirmed:

"Six of our managed service customers, located primarily in our New York information center, take experienced availability problems due to a ransomware program encrypting certain devices in their network."

The firm went on to clinch viewers that constabulary enforcement was working on the matter and that their "data middle colocation services, including IX and IP Network Services, are not involved in this incident."

Just business concern

Per the ransom note obtained by ZDNet, the attackers targeted CyrusOne'south network, with the sole objective of receiving a bribe. Those behind the attack claimed in the note that they consider the attack nada more than a business transaction, aimed exclusively at profiting.

In the event the company does not cooperate with the attackers, information technology volition purportedly lose the affected data as the cybercriminals claim to have the individual key.

To pay or not to pay?

This bound, Riviera Beach, Florida, was hit past a hacker assail, in which the hackers allegedly encrypted government records, blocking access to critical information and leaving the city without an power to accept utility payments other than in person or by regular mail. The city quango eventually agreed to pay nearly $600,000 worth of Bitcoin (BTC) to regain access to data encrypted in the assault.

In late October, hackers compromised the website of the urban center of Johannesburg, Southward Africa, and demanded ransom in Bitcoin. The breach afflicted several customer-facing systems — hardware or software customers interact with directly, such equally user interfaces and help desks. The urban center authorities refused to pay the bribe.

Meanwhile, a number of Finnish cities and organizations are rehearsing how to respond when a grouping of hackers demands the participants pay ransomware during a series of imitation cyberattacks.