SmarterASP.NET said it is in the middle of recovering accounts downed by the ransomware attack. The company on Monday said it expects most customers to be back online within 24 hours. Ransomware attacks in general continue to make headlines. Other hosting services have also fallen victim to ransomware in December 2018, Dataresolution.net and A2 Hosting.net were hit with a Christmas Eve attack that had encrypted their Windows hosting servers. In June, dual Florida cities Lake City and Riviera Beach were both hit by ransomware attacks and decided to pay off hackers.
Source: https://threatpost.com/ransomware-attack-downs-hosting-service-smarterasp-net/150072/