The leaders of our Wage & Hour Practice, Justin Barnes Jeffrey Brecher and Eric Magnus collaborated with us on this article.
According to reports, Kronos, the cloud-based, HR management service provider, suffered a data incident involving ransomware affecting its information systems. Kronos communicated that it discovered the incident late on Saturday, December 11, 2021, when it “became aware of unusual activity impacting UKG solutions using Kronos Private Cloud.” The company confirmed:
[T]his is a ransomware incident affecting the Kronos Private Cloud—the portion of our business where UKG Workforce Central, UKG TeleStaff, Healthcare Extensions, and Banking Scheduling Solutions are deployed. At this time, we are not aware of an impact to UKG Pro, UKG Ready, UKG Dimensions, or any other UKG products or solutions, which are housed in separate environments and not in the Kronos Private Cloud.
This incident has already impacted time management, payroll processing, and other HR-related activities of organizations using the affected services. Ransomware and similar attacks also could compromise confidential and personal information maintained on affected systems, although there is no indication of that at this point. Clearly, organizations that use these services can be affected in several ways. The FAQs below provide information on some of the key issues these organizations should be thinking about.
This certainly is a significant issue...
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday accused the TMC of making false claims that the BJP would stop consumption of meat and fish if it wins the assembly polls in West Bengal. Addres...