MathWorks has confirmed that a ransomware attack led to a significant outage lasting over a week, greatly affecting MATLAB, its flagship product, relied upon by over five million users globally. The attack began on May 18, impacting both customer-facing applications and vital internal systems. Despite regular status page updates, frustration grew among users due to the lack of transparency until the ransomware cause was disclosed. Recovery is ongoing, with many systems still offline, coinciding with an unfortunate timing as the outage hit during exam season, disrupting students' ability to complete their work.
MathWorks experienced a ransomware attack affecting its IT systems, resulting in outages of its flagship product, MATLAB, used by millions worldwide.
While MathWorks provided regular updates about issues on their status page, it only confirmed the ransomware attack after days of speculation from users.
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