According to sources, Rackspace Technology (a Critical Infrastructure organization in Texas) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2022-12-07.

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Source 1  |  2022-12-07

Major cloud, email hosting provider blames ransomware attack for outage

“Email hosting provider Rackspace Technology confirmed on Tuesday that a ransomware attack is behind an outage that has been disrupting its email service since Friday. “

“The company said it has retained a cyber defense firm to investigate the attack and has since discovered that the incident only impacted its Hosted Exchange business while its other products and services are fully operational. “

“Following the discovery of the ransomware attack, Rackspace said it took measures to contain the incident from spreading to other services. “

“Rackspace did not provide details on who might be behind the attack, what they stole and how many customers have been impacted by the incident. “

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