A cyberattack on a popular payroll software provider sent work-tracking systems offline this week, forcing companies to resort to manual methods to pay workers.
UKG Inc. is continuing to investigate and manage outages related to a ransomware attack that forced it to shut down some of its Kronos cloud-based services that log and store employee working hours. The outages have lasted through the week and could continue into the new year, according to notices posted on a UKG website. The Lowell, Mass.-based company disclosed the attack Dec. 11.
A spokesman for UKG said it is taking action to resolve the attack and is…