Ransomware attack disrupts Japan's IDCF Cloud used by govt clients
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IDC Frontier, a major Japanese cloud and digital infrastructure provider, has disclosed that its IDCF Cloud service was hit by a ransomware attack. The incident caused an outage at a data center cluster serving the eastern part of Japan.
According to the disclosure, the service disruption affected government clients among others, though the article does not specify a CVE ID, advisory number, or the number of affected customers. No specific indicators of compromise or affected version lists were provided in the source.
Details on the ransomware family, ransom demand, and recovery timeline have not been included in the available reporting. Affected customers are advised to monitor IDC Frontier's official communications for updates on restoration progress and any further guidance.
Source: BleepingComputer
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