Kiteworks patches critical flaw, brings customer systems online

American tech company Kiteworks has lifted a precautionary advisory asking customers to shut down systems after patching a critical vulnerability.

Formerly known as Accellion, it operates a Private Content Network (PCN) that integrates enterprise email, file sharing, Managed File Transfer (MFT), APIs, and web forms into a single platform.

Kiteworks provides services to thousands of global corporations and government agencies, and its Private Data Network has over 100 million end-users.

The secure file-sharing software company urged customers worldwide on Saturday to temporarily shut down their servers after receiving a warning of a potentially imminent cyberattack from federal intelligence authorities.

On Monday, the company brought all hosted customer systems back online after finding no evidence of compromise and no suspicious activity.