GMO urges customers to disconnect and shut down PCs after ransomware threat
Technology · First reported 27 Oct, 23:35 · Updated 13:08
GMO urged customers to disconnect systems from the internet and shut down computers after a threat actor who breached its Onamae Desktop Cloud threatened a ransomware attack. Another report says the threatened ransomware was not installed on user devices.
- GMO urged customers to disconnect their systems from the internet and shut down computers.
- The warning followed a breach of GMO’s Onamae Desktop Cloud and a threat to launch a ransomware attack.
- A separate report says hackers threatened to install ransomware on user devices but did not do so.
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- GMO Group
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- Onamae Desktop Cloud
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- Disconnect systems from the internet and shut down computers
- Reported outcome
- The threatened ransomware was not installed on user devices
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