United States
USA
Cognizant Maze ransomware disrupts services to clients and billing
On 17/04/2020, COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS confirmed a Maze ransomware attack that disrupted some client services and internal systems, including work‑from‑home support and billing. The company warned of revenue and margin impacts in the following quarter as services were restored.
64
Estimated severity
64 / 100
91
Source reliability
91 / 100
Approximate Date
17/04/2020
Targeted Company
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
United States
Affected countries
United States
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service degradationDownstream customer disruptionERP or business system disruptionOperational disruption
Affected sectors
Technology & IT Services
Affected departments
Information TechnologyAccounting
Attack Profile
Attack types
Ransomware
Attributed threat actors
MAZE
Sources
Incident Sources
securitymagazine.comhttps://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/92361-cognizant-anticipates-50-70-million-loss-following-ransomware-attackciodive.comhttps://www.ciodive.com/news/cognizant-maze-ransomware/577677msspalert.comhttps://www.msspalert.com/news/cognizant-recovery-costs-status-updatecomputerweekly.comhttps://www.computerweekly.com/news/252481865/IT-services-company-Cognizant-warns-customers-after-Maze-ransomware-attackbitdefender.comhttps://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/cognizant-expects-to-lose-up-to-70-million-from-april-ransomware-attack