HITACHI VANTARA TAKES SERVERS OFFLINE AFTER AKIRA RANSOMWARE ATTACK

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Hitachi Vantara, a subsidiary of Hitachi that provides data storage, infrastructure systems, cloud management, and ransomware recovery services, announced that it has proactively taken down some of its servers due to detecting a ransomware attack in its network. A source has informed that the attack was carried out by the Akira ransomware gang, which has stolen data and dropped ransom notes on affected systems.