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Krebs group ransomwhere3/11/2023 ![]() ![]() We understand some of Kronos' product and services can be deployed on-premises. UK umbrella payroll firm Giant Pay confirms it was hit by 'sophisticated' cyber-attack.Log4j RCE: Emergency patch issued to plug critical auth-free code execution hole in widely used logging utility.Irish Health Service ransomware attack happened after one staffer opened malware-ridden email.Ransomwared payroll provider leaks data on 38,000 Australian government workers. ![]() Neither is the attackers' identity publicly known at the time of writing. It is not yet known whether the Log4j remote code execution vulnerability was the attackers' way in. In the meantime we have contingencies in place to make sure our colleagues continue to receive their pay.” We have asked the company for comment and will update this article if it responds.Ī Sainsbury’s spokesperson said: “We’re in close contact with Kronos while they investigate a systems issue. "Issues companies will have is employees don't know their schedule (it's in Kronos) and then when they clock in and out, that clock won't go anywhere," a Register reader, who works for an affected firm, told us. Kronos' timekeeping products are used by companies in the UK including supermarket chain Sainsburys, Boots the Chemist and Jaguar Land Rover, and large outfits in the US including Clemson Uni in South Carolina, USA Winthrop University Hospital in Long Island, New York and US state and local government customers such as Santa Clara County. We took immediate action to investigate and mitigate the issue, and have determined that this is a ransomware incident affecting the Kronos Private Cloud - the portion of our business where UKG Workforce Central, UKG TeleStaff, Healthcare Extensions, and Banking Scheduling Solutions are deployed. We are reaching out to inform you of a cyber security incident that has disrupted the Kronos Private Cloud.Īs we previously communicated, late on Saturday, December 11, 2021, we became aware of unusual activity impacting UKG solutions using Kronos Private Cloud. ![]()
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