Technical difficulties or cyber attack? Ingram Micro’s website goes down just in time for the holiday weekend

Technical difficulties or cyber attack? Ingram Micro’s website goes down just in time for the holiday weekend

There’s no official word on what the problem is, but Ingram Micro’s website has been down since Thursday morning. They claim to be “currently experiencing technical difficulties…”

Are you thinking what I’m thinking? I really hope I’m wrong, but it’s not at all unusual for a cyber attack to be timed to coincide with a long holiday weekend in the United States…

Ingram Micro might not be talking, but there’s plenty of speculation and bandying about of the term “ransomware” over on Reddit.

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Update 6 July 2025 Ingram Micro confirms it has been hit by ransomware.


Graham Cluley is an award-winning keynote speaker who has given presentations around the world about cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. A veteran of the computer security industry since the early 1990s, he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows, makes regular media appearances, and hosts the popular "Smashing Security" podcast. Follow him on LinkedIn, Bluesky and Mastodon, or drop him an email.

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