Stock in the Channel (STIC), a UK-based multinational offering a digital platform for IT stock availability and pricing across 34 distributors, suffered a ransomware attack by a sophisticated criminal group. The attackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in a third-party application, causing extensive infrastructure damage and forcing a website outage. While the company states no evidence of a data breach exists and critical data has been recovered, its 60,000+ registered users (including 25,000+ customers across 22 countries) faced disrupted access to real-time stock and pricing data. The platform, which functions as a stock search engine for resellers and managed service providers, remains partially operational, with potential inaccuracies in listings. Email and phone services were unaffected, but the outage halted core operations, impacting transactions and business continuity for users reliant on the platform for IT hardware procurement and sales. The company has not confirmed whether a ransom was demanded or paid.