Italy’s National Cyber Security Agency (ACN) said that thousands of VMware ESXi computer servers worldwide were targeted by a ransomware attack.
As reported by Ukrinform, as reported by ITNews.
The ACN also warned organizations around the world to take action to protect their systems.
According to Roberto Baldoni, the agency’s chief executive, the attack itself was aimed at exploiting a software vulnerability and had a massive scale.
Italian news agency ANSA reported that servers were hacked in the United States and Canada, as well as in other European countries such as France and Finland.
Dozens of Italian organizations are likely to be affected, and many have been warned to take precautions to avoid blocking access to their systems.
US Cybersecurity officials said they are currently assessing the impact of these events.
As reported by Ukrinform, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said that more than 2,000 Russian cyber-attacks against citizens’ personal data and information systems of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defense and the energy sector are officially recorded. Ukraine last year