Rackspace Technology

Disclosed Dec 6, 2022Unverified

Play ransomware attack takes down Rackspace Hosted Exchange email service

Rackspace confirmed a ransomware attack on its Hosted Exchange platform, which served about 30,000 customers and was then discontinued. It said the Play gang exploited an Exchange zero-day and accessed mailbox PST files of 27 customers.

What is known

People affected	Not stated in the sources we have
Disclosed	Dec 6, 2022
Attack	Ransomware
Data exposed	Messages
Sector	Tech · US
Status	Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization

Sources

Newstechcrunch.com

Rackspace says hackers accessed customer data during ransomware attack

Newsbleepingcomputer.com

Rackspace confirms Play ransomware was behind recent cyberattack

Notices filed

TotalDec 6, 2022

ResearchCount not stated

History of this record

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby seedSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (Research). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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