Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2023-03-07 00:00:00
Affected organization: Essendant
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Wholesale Trade
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: LockBit 3.0
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Essendant, a wholesale distributor of stationery and office supplies, notifies to be experiencing a multi-day systems "outage" preventing customers and suppliers from placing and fulfilling online orders. Few days after the LockBit ransomware gang claims responsibility for the attack.