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Home > Web Hosting > ASP.NET hosting provider hit by ransomware

ASP.NET hosting provider hit by ransomware


Erdem Yasar Erdem Yasar
November 10, 2019
1 min read

One of the most popular ASP.NET hosting providers, SmarterASP.NET, is infected by ransomware. More than 440,000 customers are affected by the attack.

Major ASP.NET web hosting company, SmarterASP.NET went down yesterday because a ransomware attack hit the company and encrypted more than 440,000 customers’ data on the servers. Attack also hit the company itself. The company’s website was down almost during the entire Saturday. SmarterASP.NET said they are currently restoring the customers’ data but it is still unknown that if the company paid the ransom demand or restoring the data from the backups. But many customers still don’t have access to their data or accounts.

Backend databases are also hit by the attack

Back up data of the customers’ using the company’s app backends is also affected by the attack. According to the Twitter posts of the company, the file extension of the files that are breached by the hackers is changed to .kjhbx. The company also shared the text file they got from the hackers, demanding ransom for the encrypted data.

ASP.NET hosting provider hit by ransomware 2

During the similar ransomware problems that happened to other hosting companies, it took weeks to restore all the customers’ data, due to the size of the files. Although if the company can pay and restore the data faster, this issue will affect the reputation of the SmarterASP.NET in a negative way.

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Tags: ASP.NETCyber AttackRansomwareSmarterASP.Net
Erdem Yasar

Erdem Yasar

Erdem Yasar is a news editor at Cloud7 News. Erdem started his career by writing video game reviews in 2007 for PC World magazine while he was studying computer engineering. In the following years, he focused on software development with various programming languages. After his graduation, he continued to work as an editor for several major tech-related websites and magazines. During the 2010s, Erdem Yasar shifted his focus to cloud computing, hosting, and data centers as they were becoming more popular topics in the tech industry. Erdem Yasar also worked with various industry-leading tech companies as a content creator by writing blog posts and other articles. Prior to his role at Cloud7 News, Erdem was the managing editor of T3 Magazine.

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  1. AymanShehata says:
    3 years ago

    I have 9 website in smarterasp.net with database.
    I hope to solve this problem soon

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