Cyberattack at AKG Group Shuts Down of IT infrastructure and Restricts Production
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AKG has become the target of a hacker attack. There has been a "significantly disruptive intrusion into the IT system," reported Jan Pippert. Hofgeismar - head of corporate development at AKG. As a result, AKG shut down its IT infrastructure. Production was also restricted.
AKG can start production again at all locations, says Jan Pippert in an interview with HNA. The company, based in Hofgeismar, has eleven production sites in Europe, North and South America and Asia, and 14 sales companies. In some plants, the attack led to production restrictions of varying degrees. At headquarters an old fax machine was temporarily put back into operation.