Kronos Incorporated

A well-known payroll company Kronos was hit by a ransomware attack in December 2021.

The attackers broke into a system, encrypted the data, and kept its payroll software offline leading to a delay in the paychecks of hundreds of businesses' staff.

The staff details of the companies were compromised in the attack and the attackers demanded a huge sum of money as a ransom.

Source: https://www.komando.com/security-privacy/kronos-ransomware-attack/819958/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/kronos

"id": "kro152130322",
"linkid": "kronos",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "12/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Hundreds of businesses',
                        'industry': 'Payroll Services',
                        'name': 'Kronos',
                        'type': 'Payroll Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Staff details']},
 'date_detected': 'December 2021',
 'description': 'A well-known payroll company Kronos was hit by a ransomware '
                'attack in December 2021. The attackers broke into a system, '
                'encrypted the data, and kept its payroll software offline '
                'leading to a delay in the paychecks of hundreds of '
                "businesses' staff. The staff details of the companies were "
                'compromised in the attack and the attackers demanded a huge '
                'sum of money as a ransom.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Staff details of companies'],
            'downtime': "Delay in paychecks of hundreds of businesses' staff",
            'systems_affected': ['Payroll software']},
 'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
 'ransomware': {'data_encryption': True,
                'ransom_demanded': 'Huge sum of money'},
 'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Kronos',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}