United Kingdom
GBR
Parasol cyberattack interrupts payroll processing for UK contractors
Malicious network activity affecting Optionis-owned Parasol caused a multi-day outage around 12 January 2022 of the MyParasol timesheet portal and payroll workflows. Contractor salaries were delayed and manual salary-advance procedures substituted for normal processing; related Optionis accountancy brands also reported IT outages.
78
Estimated severity
78 / 100
93
Source reliability
93 / 100
Approximate Date
2022-01-12
Targeted Company
PARASOL
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 Kingdom
Affected countries
United Kingdom
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Operational disruptionService degradation
Affected sectors
Professional & Business Services
Affected departments
AccountingFinanceInformation Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Unauthorized access
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
theregister.comhttps://www.theregister.com/security/2022/01/17/uk-umbrella-company-parasol-group-confirms-cyber-attack/685804computerweekly.comhttps://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512020/Parasol-systems-outage-leaves-umbrella-contractors-facing-late-paymentstheregister.comhttps://www.theregister.com/security/2022/02/08/vice-society-said-to-be-behind-digital-break-in-at-optionis/1308660theregister.comhttps://www.theregister.com/security/2022/01/18/uk-contractor-companys-sister-firms-confirm-cyberattack/1163641