United States
USA
MathWorks ransomware disrupts MATLAB and Simulink customer services
MathWorks experienced a ransomware attack on 18 May 2025 that disrupted internal IT systems and multiple customer-facing online services. Licensing, downloads, accounts, web and mobile applications, the online store and other services experienced unavailability or degradation while MathWorks contained the incident and restored systems.
80
Estimated severity
80 / 100
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Source reliability
96 / 100
Approximate Date
18/05/2025
Targeted Company
MATHWORKS
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
No information
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailabilityService degradation
Affected sectors
Technology & IT Services
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Ransomware
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
mathworks.comhttps://www.mathworks.com/company/trust-center/may-2025-ransomware-incident.htmlsecurityweek.comhttps://www.securityweek.com/matlab-maker-mathworks-recovering-from-ransomware-attack/bleepingcomputer.comhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mathworks-blames-ransomware-attack-for-ongoing-outages/