ConnectWise-IT Glue Integration: ConnectWise, as of 10:00 a.m.
REvil Disappears: Websites run by the ransomware gang REvil suddenly became unreachable, sparking widespread speculation that the group had been knocked offline perhaps by the U.S. CISA Guidance for Kaseya MSPs: The CISA (Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency) has issued this guidance for MSPs and customers that run Kaseya’s VSA software.Ģ. July 13, 2021: CISA Guidance REvil Disappears ConnectWise Re-Activates IT Glue Integrationġ. Emsisoft has confirmed the key is effective at unlocking victims, Kaseya adds. Kaseya did not say whether the company paid the REvil ransomware gang any type of extortion to obtain the key. Kaseya on July 21 obtained a decryptor for victims of the REvil ransomware attack, and the company is working to remediate customers impacted by the incident, the company disclosed on July 22.July 22, 2021: Kaseya Obtained Universal Decryptor Key The non-disclosure practice is not uncommon in the cyber market, but the NDA could make it more difficult to understand the overall attack and recovery, CNN notes.
Customers have to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) in order to receive the decryption key from the software company, CNN reports.July 23, 2021: Decryptor Tool Requires Non-Disclosure Kaseya did not pay a ransom – either directly or indirectly through a third party – to obtain the decryptor key for the REvil Ransomware attack that struck on July 2, 2021, the MSP software company disclosed on July 26, 2021.July 26, 2021: Kaseya Did Not Pay the Ransom Source: Bleeping Computer, August 11, 2021. The universal decryption key for REvil’s attack on Kaseya’s customers has been leaked on hacking forums allowing researchers their first glimpse of the mysterious key.The FBI admitted that it hid for nearly three weeks a decryption key that would have unfrozen systems of dozens of MSPs and hundreds of businesses crippled by the REvil ransomware attack on Kaseya’s VSA software in July 2021.Īugust 11, 2021: Decryption Key Leaks Online.September 21, 2021: FBI Withheld REvil Ransomware Decryptor Key