One of America’s leading IT companies hacked, says ‘identified ransomware on…’

Ingram Micro, a major US information technology (IT) service provider, has confirmed it has identified ransomware on some of its internal systems. This announcement comes shortly after reports surfaced that the company was experiencing a global outage affecting its websites and internal operations.

In a statement, the company said that it has taken steps to secure the relevant environment, including taking certain systems offline.