CompuCom facing losses of up to $28m following cyberattack

Kelsey Rees
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The incident forced the US MSP to suspend services to customers

CompuCom is expecting losses of more than $20m (€16.99m) as a result of the malware incident that took place at the start of the month.  The MSP said on 3 March that "certain CompuCom information technology systems" had been affected by the 'malware incident' and that this - in turn - is affecting some of the services it provides to "certain customers". In an update, the reseller's parent company, The ODP Corporation, estimated the loss of revenue to be between $5m and $8m, with clean u...

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