Akira ransomware forces Hitachi Vantara servers offline
Hitachi Vantara took servers offline after an Akira ransomware attack, disrupting some systems.
- Service
- Hitachi Vantara
- Date
- 27 April 2025
- Cause
- Cyberattack
- Duration
- Not stated or multi-day
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- minor
- Region
- Global
- Source
- BleepingComputer ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Akira ransomware forces Hitachi Vantara servers offline”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 27 Apr 2025. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2025-04-27-hitachi-vantara-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: BleepingComputer, https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hitachi-vantara-takes-servers-offline-after-akira-ransomware-attack/.
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