Key Systems Down at Norwegian Cruise Company Hurtigruten After Ransomware rattack
Norwegian cruise company Hurtigruten sustained a cyberattack earlier on Monday and several key systems are currently down, the company said in a statement. The company, which operates ferries along the Norwegian coast as well as cruises in the Arctic and Antarctic in normal times, said it did not expect the attack to lead to a “material financial effect”, it said.
No details have been shared of the strain of ransomware, but the company will be juggling whether to pay its extortionists a handsome fee in order to have its data decrypted or attempt to restore its systems from its own backups.
“This is a serious attack. Hurtigruten’s global IT infrastructure appears to be affected,” Ole-Marius Moe-Helgesen, the company’s head of IT, said in a statement, adding that the company had implemented “comprehensive measures” to limit the damage from the attack.