Ransomware attack behind ScanSource outages

ScanSource, a technology provider, has confirmed that it has experienced a ransomware attack that has caused multi-day outage impacting some of its systems, operations, and customer portals.

ScanSource is a U.S.-based cloud/ SaaS communications provider and offers point of sale and payments, security, and data capture solutions. ScanSource confirmed that they suffered a ransomware attack on May 14, 2023 and is implementing incident response.

The attack has significantly impacted the company's systems, business operations, and customer portals, leading to delays in services and operational disruptions in North America and Brazil. The exact ransomware operation responsible for the attack and whether data has been compromised is currently unknown.