QNAP Systems

QNAP Systems, Inc.
Native name
威聯通科技股份有限公司
Company typePrivate
IndustryNetwork-attached storage
Network video recorder
Networking hardware
FoundedApril 1, 2004; 20 years ago (April 1, 2004) (as a separate company)
FounderTeddy Kuo
Meiji Chang
Headquarters
New Taipei City
,
Taiwan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Chairman: Teddy Kuo
General Manager: Meiji Chang
Number of employees
1000+
SubsidiariesQNAP, Inc.
Websitewww.qnap.com Edit this at Wikidata

QNAP Systems, Inc. (Chinese: 威聯通科技) is a Taiwanese corporation that specializes in network-attached storage (NAS) appliances used for file sharing, virtualization, storage management and surveillance applications. Headquartered in Xizhi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, QNAP has offices in 16 countries and employs over 1000 people around the world.

QNAP has been a member of the Intel Intelligent Systems Alliance since 2011.[1]

Company history

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QNAP originally existed as a department within the IEI Integration Corporation,[2] an industrial computing service provider located in Taiwan.[3] In 2004, QNAP Systems Inc. was spun off into a separate company.[4][better source needed]

QNAP Qidu Plant in Qidu District, Keelung, Taiwan

Product overview

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QNAP Turbo NAS TS-670 Pro

QNAP primarily produces Network-Attached Storage (NAS) appliances. The company also produces Network Video Recorders (NVR) and a series of networking equipment.

  • QTS[5] – an operating system for NAS devices
  • QES (QNAP Enterprise Storage)[6]
  • QuTS hero[7] – an operating system similar to QTS that implements ZFS
  • QuTScloud
  • QNE
  • QSS
  • QuRouter
  • The QNAP QHora-301W supports high-speed Wi-Fi 6 and 10GbE connections, while also providing an enterprise-grade SD-WAN VPN to allow multi-site VPN deployment via the cloud.

Vulnerabilities and attacks

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In 2021, SAM security group reported that it had discovered critical vulnerabilities in QNAP NAS devices.[8] SAM security group said that these would mean that remote attackers could "execute arbitrary shell commands ... [or] create arbitrary file data on any (non-existing) location ... [or] execute arbitrary commands on the remote NAS".[8] The company said that it had informed QNAP of the vulnerabilities in 2020 but that, four months after being informed, QNAP had not addressed these.[8] The article was later updated to clarify that QNAP had resolved the problems for the most recent devices, but not for older systems, and then that QNAP had revised and released firmware for older devices.[8]

These critical vulnerabilities were reported by Bleeping Computer to be implicated in a massive ransomware attack on QNAP NAS devices in April 2021.[9] This attack, named "Qlocker", compressed all files smaller than 20 MiB into 7z files using 7-Zip with a 32 character long password.[9] In order to retrieve the password, users had to access an .onion webpage and pay 0.01 BTC.[9] This caused losses of at least $260,000 for users.[10]

In January 2022 some QNAP NAS devices were affected by a ransomware infection known as DeadBolt.[11] There were further attacks in March and May 2022.[11]

Achievements

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2019

  • TS-1677X named Best NAS Device of European Hardware Awards 2019[12]

2018

  • Received the COMPUTEX Best Choice Award 2018[13]

2017

  • TS-451+ named Best NAS Device of European Hardware Awards 2017[14]

2016

  • Received the COMPUTEX Best Choice Award 2016[15]

2014

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "QNAP Systems, Inc. Intel® Intelligent Systems Alliance". intelintelligentsystemsalliance.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
  2. ^ "IEI Integration Corporation". IEI Integration Corporation. Archived from the original on 2014-06-29. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  3. ^ "IEI Integration Corporation Company Profile (Chinese: 威達電股份有限公司)". MoneyDJ.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  4. ^ "Industrial PC Supplier IEI Announces Formation of Medical PC Provider PACSmate Technology Corp". IndustrialPR. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  5. ^ Inc, QNAP Systems. "QTS 4.5.2 | Unleash the power of your data | QNAP". QNAP Systems, Inc. Archived from the original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ Inc, QNAP Systems. "QES 2.1". QNAP Systems, Inc. Archived from the original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ Inc, QNAP Systems. "QuTS hero | ZFS-based operating system | QNAP". QNAP Systems, Inc. Archived from the original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ a b c d "New vulnerabilities discovered allow access to user data and complete takeover". securingsam.com. 31 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  9. ^ a b c "Massive Qlocker ransomware attack uses 7zip to encrypt QNAP devices". www.bleepingcomputer.com. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  10. ^ "A ransomware gang made $260,000 in 5 days using the 7zip utility". www.bleepingcomputer.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  11. ^ a b "Closing the Door DeadBolt Ransomware Locks Out Vendors With Multitiered Extortion Scheme". Trend Micro. 2022-06-06. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  12. ^ "European Hardware Awards 2019 – Winners Announced". www.eha.digital. 28 May 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  13. ^ "Best Choice Award". bcaward.computex.biz. Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  14. ^ "European Hardware Awards 2017 Winners Announced". www.eha.digital. 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  15. ^ "Best Choice Award". bcaward.computex.biz. Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  16. ^ "Mile Stones in QNAP's History". qnap.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
  17. ^ "iF product design award 2014". iF Awards. Archived from the original on 2014-04-04. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  18. ^ "PCWorld's 50 Best Tech Products of 2013". pcworld.com. Archived from the original on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
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