Collaborate Disseminate
It appears that LockerGoga, the same ransomware that hit aluminum manufacturing giant Norsk Hydro this week, also infected American chemicals companies Hexion and Momentive, leaving employees locked out of their computers. Continue reading Ransomware Forces Two Chemical Companies to Order ‘Hundreds of New Computers’
You can’t help but get the feeling that this was a highly-organised extortion attempt against Norsk Hydro.
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Norwegian giant Norsk Hydro was forced to shut down its internal network after some of its computers in the United States were hit by ransomware. Continue reading Ransomware Forces Aluminum Manufacturing Giant to Shut Down Network Worldwide
The IT systems of Norsk Hydro, a top global aluminum producer, were hit with ransomware late Monday, forcing the company to temporarily suspend production at some plants, the company and Norwegian authorities said. The ransomware that struck the company is known as LockerGoga, a nascent strain that first surfaced in January, according to Norway’s federal cybersecurity agency (NSM in Norwegian). In a statement, the company, which had a market cap of over $12 billion last year, said it is “working to neutralize the attack, but so far does not know the full extent of the situation.” In a press conference, Norsk CFO Eivind Kallevik said the attack started in its U.S.-based plants, but did not specify any further details on how the malware spread. The company has aluminum remelting facilities in Henderson, Ky., and Commerce, Texas. It also has offices in Baltimore. Kallevik said the company has taken measures to […]
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