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GSS Covisian ransomware disables outsourced customer contact centers

A Conti ransomware attack on September 18, 2021 affected GSS, Covisian's Spain and Latin America customer-care operation, disabling call-center applications and automated customer support. Customers including Spanish water utility Canal de Isabel II lost telephone commercial-service capacity for days, although the utility's own networks, databases and core water services were not breached.

80

Estimated severity

80 / 100

94

Source reliability

94 / 100

Approximate Date

2021-09-18

Targeted Company

GSS

Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact

  1. Distribution & Fulfillment

  2. Procurement & Sourcing

  3. Production & Manufacturing

  4. Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)

  5. Warehousing

  6. Service Delivery

  7. Unrecognized Impact

Supply Chain Relations

CANAL DE ISABEL II (Business process outsourcer)

Geographic Impact

Country Targeted Company

Spain

ESP

Other Affected Countries

No other affected countries reported

Target country

Spain

Affected countries

Spain

Impacted regions

No information

Operational Impact

Duration

No information

Financial impact (USD M)

No information

Impact types

Downstream customer disruptionService unavailability

Affected sectors

Professional & Business Services

Affected departments

Customer ServiceInformation Technology

Attack Profile

Attack types

Ransomware

Attributed threat actors

CONTI

Sources

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