MKS Instruments suffered a ransomware attack, that affected the semiconductor equipment maker’s production-related systems.
As part of its containment measures, MKS temporarily suspends operations at some of its plants.
The National Cybersecurity Agency of Italy issued a warning after discovering that a global ransomware hacking campaign against VMware ESXi servers had attacked thousands of computer servers.
Source: https://infotechlead.com/security/mks-instruments-faces-cyber-attack-76731
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/mks-instruments
"id": "mks5568223",
"linkid": "mks-instruments",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "02/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Semiconductor Equipment',
'name': 'MKS Instruments',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'VMware ESXi servers',
'description': 'MKS Instruments suffered a ransomware attack that affected '
'the semiconductor equipment maker’s production-related '
'systems. As part of its containment measures, MKS temporarily '
'suspends operations at some of its plants. The National '
'Cybersecurity Agency of Italy issued a warning after '
'discovering that a global ransomware hacking campaign against '
'VMware ESXi servers had attacked thousands of computer '
'servers.',
'impact': {'downtime': ['Temporary suspension of operations at some plants'],
'systems_affected': ['production-related systems']},
'response': {'containment_measures': ['Temporary suspension of operations at '
'some plants']},
'title': 'Ransomware Attack on MKS Instruments',
'type': 'Ransomware'}