Krebs on Security

iNSYNQ Ransom Attack Began With Phishing Email

A ransomware outbreak that hit QuickBooks cloud hosting firm iNSYNQ in mid-July appears to have started with an email phishing attack that snared an employee working in sales for the company, ...
Accounting Today

Inside the Insynq attack: ‘We had to assume they were listening’

While cloud hosting provider Insynq posted a message online within an hour of identifying a major ransomware attack on July 16, and followed up with one or two mass emails to customers each day ...
ZDNet

Cloud-based virtual desktop provider hit by ransomware

iNSYNQ, a cloud computing provider of virtual desktop environments, has been down in a major outage that has lasted nearly a week after its servers were infected last Tuesday, July 16, with ransomware ...
Bleeping Computer

iNSYNQ Cloud Hosting Provider Hit by Ransomware Attack

Cloud computing provider iNSYNQ experienced a ransomware attack which forced the company to shut down some of its servers to contain the malware infection from spreading and affecting more customer ...
CRN

iNSYNQ Restoring Customer Desktops Amid ‘Malware Storm’

'While we caught the attack early, the malware was able to encrypt some files,' iNSYNQ CEO Elliot Luchansky said in a letter to customers Monday. 'We are currently working to determine if those are ...
Krebs on Security

iNSYNQ Ransom Attack Began With Phishing Email

A ransomware outbreak that hit QuickBooks cloud hosting firm iNSYNQ in mid-July appears to have started with an email phishing attack that snared an employee working in sales for the company, ...
CRN

Cloud Hosting Provider iNSYNQ Hit With Ransomware Attack

'iNSYNQ continues to engage cyber-security experts for assistance and are working as quickly as we can to restore access to all impacted data,' the company said in a website post. 'We are not ...