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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Dell Products L.p., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a data center, a storage array detects a ransomware attack based on suspicious data or IO activity associated with a storage object. The storage array identifies all host servers authorized to access the storage object and generates notifications that prompt the identified host servers, or possibly all connected host servers, to shut down paths to the storage array. The storage array identifies one of the host servers as the likely source of the ransomware attack based on characteristics of IOs sent to access the storage object. The storage array generates a notification to prompt that host server to shut down all paths to all storage arrays.