SmarterASP.NET Recovering From Ransomware Attack

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Popular web hosting provider, SmarterASP.NET, had a ransomware attack that took down its customers' websites. The company is in the process of recovering impacted data. The ransomware attack encrypted customers' web hosting accounts which crippled customer websites. SmarterASP.NET's website was also initially down by the attack, but has been recovered.

SmarterASP.NET offers shared web hosting services which allow many websites to reside on one web server connected to the internet. Many SmarterASP.NET customers specifically are looking to host ASP.NET sites. ASP.NET is an open source web framework, created by Microsoft, for building web apps and services with .NET.


SmarterASP.NET is in the process of recovering accounts that were locked down by the attack. According to the company, 90 percent of the affected accounts are up and running. SmarterASP.NET stated that it found "a solution to resolve this problem." It's not known whether the solution stems from the company paying the ransom or restoring from backup files. There is very little detail about how the company was first attacked.

According to a report by ZDNet, the customer files were encrypted by the Snatch ransomware, which is distributed via spam email containing infected attachments or by exploiting vulnerabilities in the operating system and installed software. Usually, Snatch ransomware locks down victim data and demands a ransom of $500 to $1500 in Bitcoin.

Other hosting services have also been victims of ransomware. In December 2018, Dataresolution.net was hit with a Christmas Eve attack. A2 Hosting in April 2019 reported a ransomware attack that had encrypted their Windows hosting servers. Researchers have noticed a trend in ransomware that hackers are targeting service providers as way to gain access to their clients or encrypt client data.