{"id":54656,"date":"2016-10-05T15:39:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T15:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=54656"},"modified":"2016-10-19T19:56:08","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T19:56:08","slug":"continuum-msps-hit-massive-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/continuum-msps-hit-massive-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuum MSPs Hit With Massive Hack"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Continuum has increased security measures, after their MSPs have been hit with a major hack&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>Continuum realized there was a hack in their systems about two months ago.\u00a0 This hack lead to cyber criminals gaining the ability to create fake administration accounts within customer systems.\u00a0 It has been reported that several MSPs have found false administrative accounts within their client&#8217;s systems.\u00a0 A Continuum partner reported to <a 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