Seven MSPs and resellers that have fallen victim to cyberattacks

US reseller Compucom is the latest in a series of managed service providers who have seen themselves targeted by cyberattacks. CRN lists seven of the most noteworthy attacks on channel MSPs and resellers in the last year

Econocom

What we know: French MSP Econocom replied to media reports that it had fallen victim to a cyberattack last Autumn. It confirmed it suffered a "security attack" and that its in-house team of specialists worked quickly to address the problem and protect customers' environments from being infiltrated.

It did not disclose the nature of the attack nor publicise it because of the "negligible impact" it had on its business, though it did report it to the relevant French authorities at the time, Econocom said in a statement.

In their own words: " The day straight after the attack, the incident was declared to the relevant French authorities (CNIL, ANSSI, CERT) and the police," Econocom stated.

"These authorities were then informed of the attack's characteristics and the solutions used to rectify the situation, mainly to provide an account that could help other firms affected by such attacks. Discussions were also held with France's financial markets regulator, AMF.

"Given the negligible impact this attack had on our business and the desire of the authorities involved in the investigation to keep the details about it confidential, Econocom consciously and unapologetically decided to directly inform only those concerned by the incident."

Ranking: 1/5 A hard attack to judge as so little information is provided, so we have to take Econocom's word that it was a ‘negligible' attack

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