Rectron struck by cyberattack

[mylesillidge]

Major South African tech distributor hit by cyberattack

South African technology distributor Rectron confirmed that it was affected by a cyberattack in a statement issued on Wednesday, 22 July.

"Rectron regrets to inform you that we have become the latest victim of a cyberattack — an all-too-familiar phenomenon in South Africa and indeed around the world," it said.

 

[oros]

Another fun time in SA.....

 

[RonSwanson]

This is causing Rectron's retailers to lose money. Earlier this week I was forced to go to evetech for a component

 

[Stinkbeaver]

There is another thread about the Rectron thing already

 

[Progenix Oj101]

There's a lot said that isn't said.

"contacted external forensic specialists" - implies they don't havae the complete picture, and these guys will likely be getting logs, identifying attack vectors and persistence mechanisms, assessing what (if anything) was accessed, imaging disks for forensic analysis, etc.

"containment" - implies the attacker had or may still have access, and this will likely involve isolation, resetting credentials, rebuilding AD, etc before systems are brought back online

"recovery" - implies the current dataset is unusable, which suggests ransomware

"notified the Information Regulator of South Africa" - strongly implies that personal information has been compromised, or at least there's a possibility thereof

 

[Tech Guy SA]

This is causing Rectron's retailers to lose money. Earlier this week I was forced to go to evetech for a component

There are other suppliers.

 

[purrr]

There is another thread about the Rectron thing already

Yes but it hasn’t been monetised by broadmedia yet.

 

[Lawnchairman]

Rectron still at Midrand? High activity there for companies with cyber attacks and ransomware.

 

[borro]

So hot right now

 

[Tech Guy SA]

Rectron still at Midrand? High activity there for companies with cyber attacks and ransomware.

like how domains got ddos last month. (was it last month>?)

amongst the others. all annoying to be honest.