Exploit: Malware
SHI International: IT Services
Risk to Business: 1.601 = Severe
New Jersey-based IT services provider SHI international suffered a major business disruption over the July 4 weekend after being forced offline by a cyberattack. The company disclosed that the defensive measures it had been forced to take to stop the attack included taking SHI’s public websites and email offline while the attack was investigated. Website and email outages lasted for several days before finally being resolved about July 10. Customers were told that they could still access their representatives by phone throughout the incident which remains under investigation.
Individual Impact:
No information about consumer/employee PII, PHI or financial data exposure was available at press time.
How It Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: MSPs, MSSPs and other IT/technical services providers have been frequent targets of cybercriminals recently and should strengthen security.
Risk Levels:
1 - 1.5 = Extreme Risk
1.51 - 2.49 = Severe Risk
2.5 - 3 = Moderate Risk
*The risk score is calculated using a formula that considers a wide range of factors related to the assessed breach.