LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - ION, the financial trading
services group hit by a ransomware attack last week, started to
bring clients back on to its cleared derivatives platform
overnight, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on
Tuesday.
Among the many ION clients whose operations were likely to
have been affected by the attack and ensuing disruption were ABN
Amro Clearing and Intesa Sanpaolo , Italy's
biggest bank, according to messages to clients from both banks
that were seen by Reuters last week.
The hackers who claimed responsibility for the breach at ION
said last week a ransom had been paid, declining to say how much
it was, or offer any evidence that the money had been handed
over. ION declined to comment on whether the ransom had been
paid.
(Reporting by Harry Robertson; Editing by Amanda Cooper)
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