Italy’s national cyber security agency (ACN) warned on Sunday of a massive campaign to spread ransomware on thousands of computer servers across Europe and North America.
France, Finland and Italy are currently the most affected countries in Europe, while the US and Canada also have high numbers of targets, ACN warningAccording to the Italian news agency ANSA.
The attack targets vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi technology that were previously discovered but still leave many organizations vulnerable to intrusion by hackers.
“These types of servers have been targeted by hackers in the past because of their vulnerability,” according to acn, “However, this vulnerability in the server was not fully fixed, leaving an open door for hackers to launch new attacks.”
According to ANSA, France was the first country to detect the attack.
French cyber security agency ANSSI Alert issued on Friday To warn organizations to patch the vulnerability.
It is estimated that thousands of computer servers have been compromised around the world, and the number is likely to rise according to analysts. experts are warning For organizations to take action to avoid being locked out of their systems.