Cognizant hit by Maze ransomware amid surge in MSP-focused attacks

US IT services giant Cognizant was the victim of a ransomware attack last week which caused disruption to customers, the firm has said. The attack happened on Friday night and the company immediately emailed customers about the attack, purported to be by the organisers of the Maze ransomware site, according to computing site BleepingComputer, which broke the news. Publicly-listed Cognizant counts Dell, Microsoft, Cisco and Nutanix among its vendor partners, has a headcount of around 300,000...