{"id":27929,"date":"2021-05-05T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perseus.de\/swiss-cloud-computing-falls-victim-to-hacker-attack\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T07:39:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:39:56","slug":"swiss-cloud-computing-falls-victim-to-hacker-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perseus.de\/en\/swiss-cloud-computing-falls-victim-to-hacker-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Cloud Computing falls victim to hacker attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27929\" class=\"elementor elementor-27929 elementor-22912\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcf4ec4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dcf4ec4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1db58c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1db58c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gefahrenwarnung-Headerbild-Website-2025-1024x256.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-27799\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gefahrenwarnung-Headerbild-Website-2025-1024x256.png 1024w, https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gefahrenwarnung-Headerbild-Website-2025-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gefahrenwarnung-Headerbild-Website-2025-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gefahrenwarnung-Headerbild-Website-2025.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1258a43 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1258a43\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2de4e88 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2de4e88\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4982c80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4982c80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>05.05.2021<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8348bc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8348bc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Swiss Cloud Computing falls victim to hacker attack\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb03842 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eb03842\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91d0988 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91d0988\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The cloud service was attacked with encryption software and operations were affected as a result. According to the company, customer data is not affected. <\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f85a5ad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f85a5ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fad2031 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fad2031\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8282d30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8282d30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What happened?<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee744d2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ee744d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ea6506 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ea6506\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On May 1, web hosting provider Swiss Cloud Computing announced that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack. The incident began on April 27 and had a serious impact on the company&#8217;s server infrastructure. As the company announced in an <a href=\"https:\/\/swiss.cloud\/#wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UPDATE2_swisscloud_cyberattack_210503.pdf\">official statement<\/a> on Monday, the functionality is not yet back to normal operating levels.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1dfa8e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f1dfa8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf4f09a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bf4f09a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a82985c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a82985c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-482032b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"482032b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5f6a5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5f6a5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What are the risks for my company as a result of the attack on Swiss Cloud?<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f5d6ed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8f5d6ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-057f5b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"057f5b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of the most prominent customers affected by the outage of the Swiss Cloud is Sage, a company that offers payroll and HR software for the German-speaking world. Swiss Cloud announced that the individual services are now being put back into operation step by step. There is still no evidence that customer data has been leaked.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6237d73 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6237d73\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dde6dc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9dde6dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02dd0e9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"02dd0e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16d621d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"16d621d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89904c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89904c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Risks of attacks on cloud services in general<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fae461d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fae461d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f04793 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f04793\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cloud services \u2013 which many customers access in real time to store, retrieve or manage data \u2013 are particularly lucrative targets for attackers. Encrypting their infrastructure has a direct impact on customers, which increases the pressure to quickly restore operational services. In the event of an attack on your own cloud service, you should be aware of the risks:  <\/p><ul><li>Potential theft of data from the cloud.<\/li><li>Interruption of service.<\/li><li>Loss of cloud-based backups.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdadbd8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cdadbd8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-104dd95 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"104dd95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6e5251 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f6e5251\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1cf26c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f1cf26c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee082fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee082fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What can I do?<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc25934 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bc25934\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b46b6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b46b6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you are a customer of Swiss Cloud or Sage, we recommend that you follow updates on the companies&#8217; websites. Swiss Cloud will provide the next update by May 6. <\/p><p>We also recommend that you store your backup data on a separate, external drive, not just in the cloud. At the moment, there is no evidence that customer data has been compromised. Should the situation change, Swiss Cloud will publish a new Mitigation Advisory and inform the affected customers.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>05.05.2021 Swiss Cloud Computing falls victim to hacker attack The cloud service was attacked with encryption software and operations were affected as a result. According to the company, customer data is not affected. What happened? On May 1, web hosting provider Swiss Cloud Computing announced that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack. 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