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title: "GMO Internet Tells Customers to Shutdown PCs as Hackers Threaten Ransomware"
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published_at: "2026-10-27T02:37:27.000Z"
category: "Industry"
topics: ["safety"]
source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/cybersecurity/gmo-internet-tells-customers-to-shutdown-pcs-as-hackers-threaten-ransomw-88463fdc","https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2114242724971020787","https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2114247009612050491","https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2114907654141423684","https://x.com/choblin29/status/2114386740354183573","https://x.com/choblin29/status/2114593817030500673","https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2114665844328329357","https://x.com/8teAPi/status/2114262212470886810"]
summary: "Customers of GMO Internet were warned to disconnect PCs and unplug network cables before a noon deadline on Oct. 27. Hackers threatened to activate ransomware on devices logged into the cloud service during a recent security breach. GMO refused to pay a $50 million ransom demanded by the attackers. The incident involved a breach of GMO's virtual private server cloud service which may have exposed 26,739 servers."
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# GMO Internet Tells Customers to Shutdown PCs as Hackers Threaten Ransomware

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**Published:** 2026-10-27T02:37:27.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** safety

## Summary

Customers of GMO Internet were warned to disconnect PCs and unplug network cables before a noon deadline on Oct\. 27\. Hackers threatened to activate ransomware on devices logged into the cloud service during a recent security breach\. GMO refused to pay a $50 million ransom demanded by the attackers\. The incident involved a breach of GMO's virtual private server cloud service which may have exposed 26,739 servers\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/cybersecurity/gmo-internet-tells-customers-to-shutdown-pcs-as-hackers-threaten-ransomw-88463fdc>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2114242724971020787>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2114247009612050491>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2114907654141423684>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/choblin29/status/2114386740354183573>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/choblin29/status/2114593817030500673>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2114665844328329357>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/8teAPi/status/2114262212470886810>)