[8] In 2006, the company released integration between MOVEit and antivirus software to stop the transfer of infected files.

Ipswitch Analytics can access data from MOVEit file transfer and automation servers.

[20] Upon discovery, Progress launched an investigation, alerted its customers of the issue and provided mitigation steps (blocking all HTTP and HTTPS traffic to MOVEit), followed by the development and release of a security patch.

[23] On 7 June 2023, cyber gang Clop, believed to be Russian-based, made a blog posting saying that they had gained access to MOVEit transactions worldwide, and that organisations using MOVEit had until 14 June to contact Clop and pay a ransom, otherwise stolen information would be published.

The group said that they had information from eight UK organisations including the BBC, derived by an attack on payroll services provider Zellis.

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),[25] CrowdStrike,[26] Mandiant,[27] Microsoft,[28] Huntress[29] and Rapid7[30] have assisted with incident response and ongoing investigations.

have credited the MOVEit team for its response and handling of the incident by quickly providing patches, as well as regular and informative advisories that helped support rapid remediation.