© UnknownProduction at five plants of German battery maker Varta has been disrupted by a cyberattack, possibly a ransomware attack.
Germany-based battery manufacturer Varta revealed on February 13 that production
at five of its plants had been disrupted as a result of a cyberattack.
The attack was
detected on February 12 and forced the company to shut down IT systems and disconnect them from the internet, which caused disruption to production, as well as to administrative processes."The extent of the actual damage cannot be determined at this time," Varta said. "In accordance with the emergency plan for such situations, the necessary precautionary measures were implemented immediately."
"Additionally, a task force was set up instantly to restore normal operations as quickly as possible and deal with the incident with the support of cyber security experts and data forensics specialists," it added.
Varta manufactures batteries for the automotive, consumer, and industrial sectors.
The company is present in 45 countries and regions around the world, and has production facilities in Germany, China, Romania and Indonesia.
Varta representatives
told German media that the production sites impacted by the cyberattack are in Germany, Romania and Indonesia. Production was still reportedly halted on February 14 and the company could not estimate when it may resume.
The company's brief description of the incident suggests that it could be a ransomware attack.
No known ransomware group appears to have taken credit for the attack on Varta, but victims are typically named only after negotiations have stalled or failed.
Comment: See:
Predatory Sparrow: The terrorist attacks of an Israel-linked hacker groupThe following reports are particularly notable due to their similarity with the soaring number of explosions and fires around the world, and more so because they happened within just the last few days:
Power
outage hits Boston transit system during morning rush hour:
"The outage at North Station was unexpected, and it is one of the MBTA's primary power feeds," the MBTA said in a statement.
"As a safety precaution, protective systems opened related circuit breakers, temporarily discontinuing power flow. We apologize for the inconvenience and disruption during the morning commute."
Explosion
causes smoke to fill Washington DC's Eastern market station:
9 patients evaluated for injuries in scary incident just 1.5 miles from White House.
As of now, officials believe that an insulator under a railcar had caught fire.
Gas tanker train
derails in New Jersey:
Tanker train derails in N.J. No spills or injuries reported.
None of the tankers leaked following the derailment on the Conrail Garden State Secondary line.
The cause of the derailment is being investigated.
Meanwhile
over in Iceland, there was a huge fire and multiple explosons at a tyre workshop:
"There were a lot of explosions here earlier and we didn't know exactly what was going on.
People were gathering at the premises, so we wanted to close it down," said Friðjón Ingi, commissioner of the Police yesterday.
He said he did not know what caused the explosions but said they did not go far beyond the building.
A selection of the other, similar incidents in just the last month or so:
High Tech, Transport Communications meets the BIG UNexpected.
Delta Airlines had to emergency land due to maggots falling on a passenger. (Wonder what type of person sat at the right spot). 🙈
Tomorrow is worse. Vigilance.