Pres. Biden is slated to meet with national security and government leaders to discuss the latest ransomware threat that happened over the holiday weekend.
President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building's South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, D.C., July 6, 2021.
"While impacting approximately 50 of Kaseya’s customers, this attack was never a threat nor had any impact to critical infrastructure," the company said in a statement on Tuesday."Many of Kaseya’s customers are managed service providers, using Kaseya’s technology to manage IT infrastructure for local and small businesses with less than 30 employees, such as dentists’ offices, small accounting offices and local restaurants.
The administration has put a renewed focus on cyber threats after a spate of ransomware attacks disrupted supply chains in various sectors, with the majority coming from hackers based in Russia.