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Beget suffers data wipe in cloud infrastructure attack

Original title: Cyberattack wipes cloud data at major Russian hosting provider Beget

The Record ()3 min read2 · 1 read
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Attackers erased data on over 1,000 servers at Russian hosting provider Beget, disrupting websites and services.

A cyberattack destroyed data across Beget's cloud infrastructure, affecting virtual private servers, cloud storage, and Kubernetes services. The company is manually inspecting servers to restore services. Customers are advised to change credentials. No group has claimed responsibility.

Unconfirmed: Beget did not disclose how attackers gained initial access

Key facts
  • Data on VPS, cloud storage, and Kubernetes wiped
  • Binary backups lost but file-level backups intact
  • Nearly all shared hosting websites can be recovered
Security assessment · AI, from the articleExploited in the wild

Impact: data loss and service disruption

What to do
  1. 1.change passwords and access keys
  2. 2.inspect servers for malicious files
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Tags
hostingrussia
Vendors
Beget
Products
cloud infrastructure
Victims
Beget
Countries
Russia

From the original article

3 min read at therecord.media

A major Russian web hosting provider is struggling to restore its services after a cyberattack destroyed data across its cloud infrastructure and disrupted hundreds of websites.

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