Cybersecurity incident — 2023-08-17 00:00:00
Affected organization: Managed Service Providers (MSPs) worldwide
Affected country: Undetermined
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: Play
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

Researchers from Adlumin reveal that the Play ransomware group is now hitting managed service providers (MSPs) around the globe in a cyberattack campaign to distribute ransomware to their downstream customers: midsized businesses in the finance, legal, software, shipping, law enforcement, and logistics sectors