Kiteworks Urges Customers to Shut Down Systems for 9 Hours Over Possible Cyber Attack

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Kiteworks (formerly Accellion) urged customers to take their systems offline for nine hours over a weekend after receiving credible threat intelligence from federal authorities about an imminent attack against Kiteworks infrastructure. Given Accellion's history as a high-value target in prior mass-exploitation campaigns, any Kiteworks deployment should be treated as actively threatened pending further disclosure.

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