<s>
QNAP	B-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
,	I-Operating_System
Inc	I-Operating_System
.	I-Operating_System
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
Taiwanese	O
corporation	O
that	O
specializes	O
in	O
network-attached	B-Application
storage	I-Application
(	O
NAS	B-Application
)	O
appliances	B-Architecture
used	O
for	O
file	O
sharing	O
,	O
virtualization	B-Application
,	O
storage	O
management	O
and	O
surveillance	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Headquartered	O
in	O
Xizhi	O
District	O
,	O
New	O
Taipei	O
City	O
,	O
Taiwan	O
,	O
QNAP	B-Operating_System
has	O
offices	O
in	O
16	O
countries	O
and	O
employs	O
over	O
1000	O
people	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QNAP	B-Operating_System
has	O
been	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Intel	O
Intelligent	O
Systems	O
Alliance	O
since	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QNAP	B-Operating_System
originally	O
existed	O
as	O
a	O
department	O
within	O
the	O
IEI	O
Integration	O
Corporation	O
,	O
an	O
industrial	O
computing	O
service	O
provider	O
located	O
in	O
Taiwan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
QNAP	B-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
spun	O
off	O
into	O
a	O
separate	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QNAP	B-Operating_System
primarily	O
produces	O
Network-Attached	B-Application
Storage	I-Application
(	O
NAS	B-Application
)	O
appliances	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
produces	O
Network	O
Video	O
Recorders	O
(	O
NVR	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
networking	B-Device
equipment	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
QNAP	B-Operating_System
QHora-301W	O
supports	O
high-speed	O
Wi-Fi	O
6	O
and	O
10GbE	O
connections	O
,	O
while	O
also	O
providing	O
an	O
enterprise-grade	O
SD-WAN	O
VPN	O
to	O
allow	O
multi-site	O
VPN	O
deployment	O
via	O
the	O
cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
SAM	O
security	O
group	O
reported	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
discovered	O
critical	O
vulnerabilities	O
in	O
QNAP	B-Operating_System
NAS	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAM	O
security	O
group	O
said	O
that	O
these	O
would	O
mean	O
that	O
remote	O
attackers	O
could	O
"	O
execute	O
arbitrary	O
shell	O
commands	O
...	O
 [ or ] 	O
create	O
arbitrary	O
file	O
data	O
on	O
any	O
(	O
non-existing	O
)	O
location	O
...	O
 [ or ] 	O
execute	O
arbitrary	O
commands	O
on	O
the	O
remote	O
NAS	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
informed	O
QNAP	B-Operating_System
of	O
the	O
vulnerabilities	O
in	O
2020	O
but	O
that	O
,	O
four	O
months	O
after	O
being	O
informed	O
,	O
QNAP	B-Operating_System
had	O
not	O
addressed	O
these	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
article	O
was	O
later	O
updated	O
to	O
clarify	O
that	O
QNAP	B-Operating_System
had	O
resolved	O
the	O
problems	O
for	O
the	O
most	O
recent	O
devices	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
for	O
older	O
systems	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
that	O
QNAP	B-Operating_System
had	O
revised	O
and	O
released	O
firmware	B-Application
for	O
older	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
critical	O
vulnerabilities	O
were	O
reported	O
by	O
Bleeping	O
Computer	O
to	O
be	O
implicated	O
in	O
a	O
massive	O
ransomware	O
attack	O
on	O
QNAP	B-Operating_System
NAS	B-Application
devices	O
in	O
April	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
attack	O
,	O
named	O
"	O
Qlocker	O
"	O
,	O
compressed	O
all	O
files	O
smaller	O
than	O
20	O
MiB	O
into	O
7z	O
files	O
using	O
7-Zip	B-Language
with	O
a	O
32	O
character	O
long	O
password	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
retrieve	O
the	O
password	O
,	O
users	O
had	O
to	O
access	O
an	O
.onion	O
webpage	O
and	O
pay	O
0.01	O
BTC	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2022	O
some	O
QNAP	B-Operating_System
NAS	B-Application
devices	O
were	O
affected	O
by	O
a	O
ransomware	O
infection	O
known	O
as	O
DeadBolt	O
.	O
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