Kiteworks tells users to shut down servers amid fears of 'imminent' cyberattack

“Kiteworks is advising customers to facilitate a nine-hour precautionary shutdown window this weekend, in their local time zone,” the announcement reads.

“Customers who self-manage their Kiteworks systems—on-premises or on AWS or Azure—should shut down those systems themselves during this window.

On the east coast of the US, the shutdown window is between 10PM on a Friday, until 4AM on Saturday.

So far, there were no reports of actual breaches at any of Kiteworks’ customers, but we’re continuing to monitor the situation.

All systems Kiteworks hosts on customers’ behalf have been brought back up and are operating normally.”