Varta Battery maker hacked

Following an attack on its IT systems, Varta had to shut down its production and administration and take it offline.

https://www.csoonline.com/article/1307574/hackers-paralyze-battery-make…

The Varta Group was the target of a cyberattack on parts of its IT systems on the night of Feb. 12, the battery manufacturer has announced. Five production plants and the company’s administration were affected.

“The IT systems and thus also production were proactively shut down temporarily for security reasons and disconnected from the internet,” Varta said in a statement.

This has basically paralyzed almost all of Varta’s operations. The manufacturer has three production sites in Germany — Ellwangen, where it is based; Dischingen, and Nördlingen — as well as further assembly and packaging plants in Romania and Indonesia.

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Én még abban sem vagyok biztos, hogy ez ellenük irányuló hacker-támadás. Anno, mikor a WannaCry elkezdett terjedni, akkor az a multi is elesett, ahol én dolgozok, és ott is úgy aposztrofálták, hogy hackerek feltörték őket, áldozatul estek, közben meg önhibájukból szoptak be egy tömegesen terjedő, általános kártevőt, semmilyen hacker nem támadta meg őket, nem hatolt be, stb..

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