The Challenge
A 50-person construction company experienced a sudden, company-wide ransomware attack that halted business operations. Core servers and virtual machines were encrypted, administrator access was lost, and backups were rendered unusable.
What Happened
The attacker got in through the company’s internet firewall. A missed security update exposed a remote access vulnerability, allowing the attacker to connect to the network without a username or password. Once inside, there were very few barriers to stop them. Within minutes, the company was effectively owned by the Qilin group!
Why was Qilin able to move so freely? Lack of basic security monitoring tools, non-existent security polices Critical data exposed to the internet
Backups are stored on the same network.
Why It Matters
A single overlooked setting triggered a complete operational shutdown. Fast, experienced incident response restored control and prevented it from happening
again.
Gipson Cyber’s Response:
→ Arrived on-site in 16 hours.
→ Root cause identified in 6 Hours.
→ Recovery started in 48 hours!
The Outcome
- Accounts rebuilt with enforced MFA
- Firewall and remote access removed
- Deployed security monitoring tools
- Instituted Zero-Trust Architecture
- Long-term security program established