Sainsbury’s is among major businesses in the UK and US affected by a cyber-attack on a payroll system provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Saturday, Kronos confirmed it was dealing with a ransomware attack on its computer systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many companies such as Sainsbury’s rely on Kronos to log, store and process the hours employees have worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The supermarket chain is understood to have lost a week’s worth of data for its 150,000 UK employees. But it said they would be paid before Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Valuable data
\nMultiple departments, including payroll, human resources (HR) and accounting are now using historical data and working patterns to make sure employees are paid the correct amount on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A ransomware attack is when hackers gain access to a computer network and encrypt valuable data, asking for a ransom to make it useable again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Sainsbury’s spokeswoman said: “We’re in close contact with Kronos while they investigate a systems issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“In the meantime, we have contingencies in place to make sure our colleagues continue to receive their pay.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kronos, run by the UKG company, from Massachusetts, supplies a range of cloud payroll services, including an automated payment system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some services would be offline for several weeks, it said, and customers should “evaluate and implement alternative business continuity protocols”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
US supermarket chain Wholefoods and carmaker Honda North America use Kronos and were among those affected, NBC news reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Honda UK told BBC News it was unaffected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A UKG official told BBC News: “UKG recently became aware of a ransomware incident that has disrupted the Kronos Private Cloud, which houses solutions used by a limited number of our customers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It had taken immediate action to investigate and mitigate the issue, alerted affected customers and informed the authorities<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We recognise the seriousness of the issue and have mobilised all available resources to support our customers and are working diligently to restore the affected services,” UKG added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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