Cleaning product manufacturer Clorox has confirmed significant operational disruption caused by a recent cyber-attack.
According to a notice published on the company’s website, the attack was detected on August 14, prompting Clorox’s IT team to take immediate action by halting suspicious activity and shutting down affected systems. As a precautionary measure, the compromised systems have remained offline until today to allow for enhanced security measures.
“Details into this incident are still emerging, so it isn’t clear what type of attack Clorox is facing. However, based on the information available, the company has taken certain systems offline to contain the incident. This could indicate the attack was ransomware, and Clorox is trying to prevent the malware from spreading onto other systems,” commented Jordan Schroeder, managing CISO at Barrier Networks.
“When it comes to ransomware, a common misconception is that organizations escape unscathed if criminals do not encrypt their data, but this is completely wrong. Even if data isn’t held hostage, organizations can still incur huge financial losses as a result of downtime and recovery,” Schroeder explained.
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