Homebuyers in limbo after cyber attack where hackers shut down IT systems of property conveyancers
‘My house purchase is on the brink of collapse because of a cyber attack’
Homebuyers in limbo after hackers shut down IT systems of property conveyancers
Homebuyers have been hit with delays following a cyber attack on an IT company used by hundreds of property conveyancers.
Tech firm CTS was targeted by hackers last Wednesday in an outage that has led its systems, used by as many as 200 firms, being down for almost a week and potentially throwing thousands of deals into doubt.
Conveyancers have been accused of failing to communicate with clients on the severity of the attack, which has forced some firms to go back to using pen and paper.
CTS provides cloud space and IT systems such as emails for firms including legal companies.
Industry sources last week told The Telegraph the attack was widely believed to be the result of a flaw in Citrix, a software program that is used by CTS.
The so-called CitrixBleed bug has been exploited by LockBit, a Russian-speaking hacking gang, according to CISA, the US cyber security agency.
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