A ransomware attack has affected Geox

The shoe company ended up in the sights of criminals who paralyzed computer systems. A fake outlet has also been discovered in the past few weeks Geox (photo Budrul Chukrut / Sopa Images / LightRocket via Getty Images) Geox, the Italian footwear company, has been the victim of a cyber attack that is crippling its neighborhood systems general for two days. Cybercriminals have managed to attack the Montebelluna company's systems thanks to a ransomware, or a computer virus that manages to encrypt the data of the infected machines making it impossible, or very difficult, to recover them without using an access key . Key that cybercriminals usually offer following a ransom.

This cyber attack has brought the company of the "shoe that breathes" to its knees for two long days, paralyzing the logistics department, e-commerce and the system business emails. According to reports from Il Mattino di Padova, the company would have chosen to temporarily leave its employees at home to allow IT technicians to restore systems by eradicating ransomware. Despite the attack, Geox is continuing to process orders that have arrived online and to maintain active relationships with retailers, customers and suppliers

This is the second attack that the company has suffered since the beginning of 2020. In May Geox he collaborated with the Postal Police to dismantle a fake website that pretended to be the company's official outlet, (Geoxoutlet.online), selling products that in reality would never have reached their destination.

The collaboration between Geox and the Police Post is the result of a far-sighted choice of the multinational Montebelluna that, realizing the importance of cybersecurity, has begun a two-year work closely with the forces of law and order. Now the task force of technicians are working at full capacity to bring back the operating headquarters of Geox.