Posted on Jan 15, 2022
Hackers disrupt payroll for thousands of employers — including hospitals
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A month-old ransomware attack is still causing administrative chaos for millions of people, including 20,000 public transit workers in the New York City metro area, public service workers in Cleveland, employees of FedEx and Whole Foods, and medical workers across the country who were already dealing with an omicron surge that has filled hospitals and exacerbated worker shortages.
In the weeks since the attack knocked out Kronos Private Cloud – a service that includes some of the nation's most popular workforce management software – employees from Montana to Florida have reported paychecks short by hundreds or thousands of dollars, as their employers have struggled to manage schedules and track hours without the help of the Kronos software.
Though Ultimate Kronos Group, the company that makes Kronos, says that it expects systems will be back online by the end of January, affected employers say they don't yet know for sure when they will actually be able to access their systems and information.
A month-old ransomware attack is still causing administrative chaos for millions of people, including 20,000 public transit workers in the New York City metro area, public service workers in Cleveland, employees of FedEx and Whole Foods, and medical workers across the country who were already dealing with an omicron surge that has filled hospitals and exacerbated worker shortages.
In the weeks since the attack knocked out Kronos Private Cloud – a service that includes some of the nation's most popular workforce management software – employees from Montana to Florida have reported paychecks short by hundreds or thousands of dollars, as their employers have struggled to manage schedules and track hours without the help of the Kronos software.
Though Ultimate Kronos Group, the company that makes Kronos, says that it expects systems will be back online by the end of January, affected employers say they don't yet know for sure when they will actually be able to access their systems and information.
Hackers disrupt payroll for thousands of employers — including hospitals
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The additional burden won't end once Kronos is back: Finance and human resources departments around the country face weeks of additional work bringing the manual records they have collected over a month or more back into the Kronos system. In the most severe cases, that backlog could delay issuing W-2s and other tax information.
"I can say that the timing wasn't the greatest, with end of year tax implications and people, most importantly, looking for their checks," said Paul Patton, the chief human resources officer for the city of Cleveland, which has set up a "war room" of administrative staff working to reconcile pay for the city's 8,000 employees.
Kronos hack will likely affect how employers issue paychecks and track hours
Now that the disruption has proven to be major, some employers are considering lawsuits or other legal challenges to their contracts with UKG.
That includes the New York City area's Metropolitan Transportation Authority. MTA has "taken the first steps toward initiating legal action," said Eugene Resnick, an MTA spokesperson."...
..."The additional burden won't end once Kronos is back: Finance and human resources departments around the country face weeks of additional work bringing the manual records they have collected over a month or more back into the Kronos system. In the most severe cases, that backlog could delay issuing W-2s and other tax information.
"I can say that the timing wasn't the greatest, with end of year tax implications and people, most importantly, looking for their checks," said Paul Patton, the chief human resources officer for the city of Cleveland, which has set up a "war room" of administrative staff working to reconcile pay for the city's 8,000 employees.
Kronos hack will likely affect how employers issue paychecks and track hours
Now that the disruption has proven to be major, some employers are considering lawsuits or other legal challenges to their contracts with UKG.
That includes the New York City area's Metropolitan Transportation Authority. MTA has "taken the first steps toward initiating legal action," said Eugene Resnick, an MTA spokesperson."...
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