Did Kaseya Pay Ransom?
As Such, We Are Confirming in No Uncertain Terms That Kaseya Did Not Pay a Ransom – Either Directly or Indirectly Through a Third Party – to Obtain the...
As such, we are confirming in no uncertain terms that Kaseya did not pay a ransom – either directly or indirectly through a third party – to obtain the decryptor. Kaseya said that “the decryption tool has proven 100% effective at decrypting files that were fully encrypted in the attack”.
Is it against the law to pay a ransom?
Paying is often not illegal
In October 2020, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) declared it illegal to pay a ransomware demand in some instances.
What is Kaseya breach?
Kaseya, an IT solutions developer for MSPs and enterprise clients, announced that it had become the victim of a cyberattack on July 2, over the American Independence Day weekend.
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