Thyssenkrupp was hit by a cyberattack impacting its materials service division and corporate headquarters.
Thyssenkrupp was hit by a cyberattack impacting its materials service division and corporate headquarters.
German multinational industrial engineering and steel production company ThyssenKrupp operates hundreds of subsidiaries globally, employs nearly 100,000 people, and boasts a yearly revenue of over $30 billion.
“Currently, no damage has been done, nor are there any indications that data has been stolen or modified,” a spokesperson told Agence France Presse.
According to a spokesperson, the company's cybersecurity experts had detected the hacking early and were working with a crisis team to contain the attack and end it as quickly as possible.
Other divisions of the sprawling group that manufactures everything from steel, car parts to industrial plants and submarines -- were not affected.
The cyberattack on Thyssenkrupp AG is another example of how cyber risks are stretching out from the energy and utility sectors. Currently, they are driving their way into the manufacturing sectors like steel manufacturing and heavy industries to cause massive chaos.
The perspective must be shifted from detecting and responding to cyberattacks on critical infrastructure to blocking them from inception.
Accelerating the implementation of preventive cybersecurity capabilities should be a key priority for industrial organisations and critical infrastructure operators in 2023, added Greatwood.
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