SRT email service down due to ransomware attack

Email service to SRT clients has been down since January 12 due to a ransomware attack, the corporate mentioned Friday.

Mail2World, SRT’s third-party email supplier, says buyer information has not been compromised.

“The ransomware attack is on Mail2World’s server that controls distribution of email, not on SRT straight,” mentioned SRT CEO and General Manager Cassidy Hjelmstad. “We consider Mail2World’s assertion that our clients’ data has not been compromised. We know it is a extremely delicate subject and we’ll proceed to ask questions of our email supplier.”

Hjelmstad apologized from the outage and requested folks to be affected person whereas Mail2World restores email companies.

There’s no estimate but on when email service shall be again on-line.

Ransomware is malicious software program code designed to block entry to a pc system till cash is paid to those that inserted the code.

Mail2World is a 20-year-old firm that gives email internet hosting companies for firms worldwide.

SRT Communications, based mostly in Minot, serves over 40,000 clients.