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Ransomware attack on Belarusian cloud firm disrupts businesses for days

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13 November 2026

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Cloud Infrastructure

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Belarus

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Fusion42 · 13 November 2026 · Fusion42 review

Belarusian cloud provider ActiveCloud suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted multiple business IT services including cloud hosting and corporate email, with restoration ongoing but some customer systems still affected. Similar recent ransomware impacts on hosting providers in Belarus and Russia indicate a pattern of cyberattacks targeting regional cloud infrastructure.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cloud Infrastructure.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

Cloud service providers in Belarus just faced a disruptive ransomware hit signaling a need for founders reliant on regional providers to re-evaluate backup and recovery plans. You must check your cloud resilience assumptions before this threat moves onto your platform.

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