'It hurts people' | Payroll attack on Sainsbury's & Boots leaves thousands worried for Christmas

Payroll attack on Sainsbury's & Boots leaves thousands worried for Christmas

Hundreds of thousands of UK workers have been affected by an apparent ransomware attack on a widely-used payroll system, just days before Christmas.

As reported widely, firms such as Boots, Sainsbury’s and Jaguar Land Rover have had their HR and payroll systems impacted by a cyber attack on Kronos, a system used to log, store and process the hours employees have worked.

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