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Accellion Provides Update to Recent FTA Security IncidentPALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Accellion, Inc., provider of the industry’s first enterprise content firewall, today issued an update on the recently reported security incident regarding FTA, Accellion’s legacy large file transfer product. Accellion FTA, a 20 year old product nearing end-of life, was the target of a sophisticated cyberattack. All FTA customers were promptly notified of the attack on December 23, 2020. At this time, Accellion has patched all known FTA vulnerabilities exploited by the attackers and has added new monitoring and alerting capabilities to flag anomalies associated with these attack vectors. Accellion kiteworks Content Firewall Unaffected In mid-December, Accellion was made aware of a zero-day vulnerability in its legacy FTA software. Accellion released a fix within 72 hours. This initial incident was the beginning of a concerted cyberattack on the Accellion FTA product that continued into January 2021. Accellion identified additional exploits in the ensuing weeks and rapidly developed and released patches to close each vulnerability. Accellion continues to work closely with FTA customers to mitigate the impact of the attack and to monitor for anomalies. Accellion FTA Customers Encouraged to Upgrade to kiteworks FTA’s maturity notwithstanding, these exploits demonstrate a highly sophisticated attack. In 2021, every software security provider must not only demonstrate secure software architecture but must also be proficient at cyberwarfare. Accellion is uniformly committed to protecting its customers and their supply chain partners from cyber criminals by preventing breaches and compliance violations, rapidly responding to cyberattacks in process, and mitigating the impact of incursions with extensive forensics and customer support. In regard to this incident, Accellion is contracting with an industry-leading cybersecurity forensics firm to conduct a compromise assessment and will share their findings when available. FTA customers are encouraged to contact Accellion customer support for additional information at [email protected]. To learn more how the flagship Accellion kiteworks platform helps organizations secure their third party communications, please visit Enterprise Content Firewall. About Accellion Media Contact Accellion and kiteworks are registered trademarks of Accellion, Inc. in the US and other countries. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |