Swedish Supermarket Chain Hit by Massive Cyberattack

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Kaseya’s cyberattack continues to make victims across the world. Sweden’s largest grocery chains, Coop, was unable to operate its cash registers as a result of the attack and was shut down.

Russian ransomware group REvil is suspected to be responsible for a widespread cyberattack on IT company Kaseya. The attack spread like wildfire to other corporate network that use the company’s software. In fact, experts estimate that around 200 companies were impacted by this massive ransomware attack, that mostly targeted enterprises in the United States.

According to a spokesperson for Coop Sweden, who talked to the BBC: “We first noticed problems in a small number of stores on Friday evening around 6:30 pm so we closed those stores early. Then overnight we realized i…

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