{"id":97015,"date":"2021-12-14T10:46:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T10:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudcomputing-news.net\/?p=97015"},"modified":"2025-04-23T08:58:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T07:58:05","slug":"kronos-cloud-hit-by-ransomware-attack-and-warns-of-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/news\/kronos-cloud-hit-by-ransomware-attack-and-warns-of-data-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Kronos Cloud hit by ransomware attack and warns of data breach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kronos Private Cloud, a HR management platform, has suffered a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cloudcomputing-news.net\/news\/2021\/sep\/16\/ransomware-mitigation-sees-focus-from-aws-azure-google-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ransomware<\/a> <\/strong>attack which puts many of its high-profile customers\u2019 data at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG), Kronos\u2019 parent company, said the attack will bring down the service for \u201cseveral weeks\u201d and advised customers to \u201cevaluate and implement alternative business continuity protocols related to the affected UKG solutions\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UKG became aware of the attack late on Saturday, December 11, due to unusual activity affecting the company\u2019s range of solutions that utilise the Kronos Private Cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/community.kronos.com\/s\/feed\/0D54M00004wJKHiSAO?language=en_US\">post<\/a><\/strong> on Kronos\u2019 community message board, UKG executive VP Bob Hughes pointed to \u201cUKG Workforce Central, UKG\u202fTeleStaff, Healthcare Extensions, and Banking Scheduling Solutions\u201d as the disaffected offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kronos&#8217; work management software is used by a number of major corporations and local governments, including Boots, Sainsbury&#8217;s, Santa Clara Country, Temple University, Tesla, and Winthrop University Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attack means companies\u2019 payrolls will cease to function as employees won\u2019t know their schedule and clocking in and out won\u2019t be recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It still remains unknown as to how the attackers managed to bypass UKG security, although the Log4j vulnerability is a likely candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attackers\u2019 identities also remain unknown to the public at the time of writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Looking to learn how to establish a strategic hybrid cloud? 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