Collaborate Disseminate
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The ransomware attack on Norsk Hydro reported last week has so far cost the company NOK 300-350 million or around $40 million (€36 million). The company entered recovery mode on Tuesday, with some departments still operating manually. The Norwegi… Continue reading Ransomware blitzkrieg has already cost Norsk Hydro $40 million
A little over a week after the beginning of the ransomware attack targeting Norsk Hydro, the company has estimated that the costs it incurred because of it have reached 300-350 million Norwegian crowns ($35-41 million). The current Norsk Hydro situatio… Continue reading The ransomware attack cost Norsk Hydro $40 million so far
Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro ASA was hit by ransomware-wielding attackers early this week. The company lost no time in reacting and responding to the attack – they notified the authorities, called in experts to help, and (very laudably… Continue reading Norsk Hydro cyber attack: What’s new?
You can’t help but get the feeling that this was a highly-organised extortion attempt against Norsk Hydro.
Continue reading Hydro working hard to recover following ransomware attack
“Hydro subject to cyber-attack,” warned Oslo-headquartered Norsk Hydro ASA, one of the world’s biggest aluminum producers, on Tuesday. “Hydro has isolated all plants and operations and is switching to manual operations and procedures … Continue reading Norsk Hydro cyber attack: What happened?
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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Norsk Hydro, one of the world’s largest producers of aluminium, says that it is battling an “extensive cyber-attack” that first hit its systems on Monday evening and then escalated overnight.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Aluminium plants hit by cyber-attack, global company turns to manual operations
Weeks after the Department of Justice announced the indictment of two men linked with a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, security researchers say they have uncovered a cyber-espionage campaign by the same entity against a European software company, a U.S. law firm, and a global apparel company. Analysts at Recorded Future and Rapid7 tracked the hacking operation between November 2017 and September 2018, and publicly revealed the breaches Wednesday. The researchers assessed with “high confidence” that APT10, a group tied to China’s civilian intelligence agency, was responsible for the hacking, calling the group “the most significant Chinese state-sponsored cyber threat to global corporations known to date.” Only one of the three victims is named: Visma, a billion-dollar Norwegian software company that claims 850,000 customers around the world. The hackers likely breached Visma to gain access to other organizations’ networks, the researchers said, but targeted the law and apparel firms “to gather information for commercial advantage.” Visma […]
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