Most ransomware victims don’t publicly report attacks or disclose if they’ve paid ransoms. Unlike many ransomware attacks, the criminals in this one apparently had no time to steal data before locking up networks. "Given the relationship between Kaseya and MSPs, it’s not clear how Kaseya would know the number of victims impacted. The cybersecurity company Mandiant was leading the response to the Kaseya crisis, coordinating with the Cybsecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Kaseya said. Federal lawmakers are working on bipartisan legislation to make the reporting of ransomware attacks mandatory in the case of critical infrastructure, with government officials deciding whether to make details public.

Source: ABC News July 06, 2021 12:26 UTC