June 5, 2023
hep global GmbH recently became the target of a cyber attack. This was detected immediately. Cooperating closely with authorities and external IT security experts, hep was able to ensure business continuity. The investigation into the cyber attack is still ongoing.
Darkrace ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the hep Global data breach, listing the German renewable energy company as its latest victim
February 5, 2023
Laremo GmbH was hit by ransomware attack on February 5. A company issued statement on their website states that customer database and financial accounting data were compromised.
The LockBit ransomware group claimed responsibility for the attack and uploaded the company’s data on their dark web site on February 19.
March 21, 2023
German packaging manufacturer Storopack recorded a cyberattack on March 21. The company was not reachable by email and limited by phone. Its website was unaffected, but its online store was unavailable.
Although there may have been some delays in delivery, Storopack worked at full speed to maintain its ability to deliver. Production and delivery capability were not interrupted at any time.
March 17, 2023
The HAHN Group was attacked by hackers last week. Therefore, all systems were switched off as a precautionary measure.
“As you are aware, on March 17 2023, we suffered a cyber incident affection on our networks and systems. Our IT team responded to this attack quickly and was able to stop it. Among other things, this meant that all systems had to be shut down for security and containment purposes. Since Monday, March 27 2023, we are able to start to ramp-up our operations again. This included re-installation of our infrastructure in a clean environment and leveraging our back-up systems. ….getting everything back online and operational will, we anticipate, continue throughout April.”
November 10, 2023
Bartec TOP HOLDING Gmbh disclosed cyber incident on their website: “In the past days, an unauthorized data access attempt was undertaken on parts of BARTEC’s IT infrastructure. This attempt was largely prevented by our own security systems. We immediately checked our existing IT infrastructure and have not identified any new attempts at unauthorized data access since then.”
The attack was claimed by Hunters International Ransomware Group.
January 26, 2023
Hamburg Airport fell victim to a hacker attack on Wednesday . The company confirmed this in response to an inquiry from the Abendblatt. The website hamburg-airport.de was “not always accessible during the day yesterday,” said airport spokeswoman Janet Niemeyer on Thursday. The reason for this was a massive so-called Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack. Websites are usually loaded with so many visits that the servers crash. Only the accessibility of the website was affected, said Niemeyer. She did not say how long the outage lasted. No other airport services or systems were affected.
February 1, 2023
Hackers have managed to break into the Karlsruhe public utilities network. The perpetrators are said to have read passwords and spied out other data. The Karlsruhe public utility company claims to have successfully fended off the cyber attack.
The attackers successfully broke into the computer of a high-ranking municipal utility employee on February 1st and searched the system for hours. This was apparently preparations for a ransomware attack, as the criminals left a note mentioning a three-digit million sum. The Karlsruhe public utility company confirms the attack to Spiegel, but claims that its supply-related IT was not affected. According to a company spokesman, the malware was unable to spread. The separate systems of the critical infrastructure were also not infiltrated. There was no encryption by ransomware.
March 13, 2023
The Filstal energy supply (EVF) has been struggling with IT problems for several days. The cause is said to be DDoS attacks on their IT service provider imos. “Unfortunately, since March 13th, there have been recurring temporary restrictions and even outages of our services,” says the Göppingen IT service on March 27..
May 26, 2023
The hosting service provider of the German Energy Agency Dena has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. This led to a failure of the biogas register. All systems were immediately switched off.
Dena has decided to set up the biogas register system on the servers of another external data center operator. “This serves as a safeguard in case the existing server structure could no longer be used,” it says.
August 29, 2023
The control technology manufacturer Kendrion was hacked. An unauthorized third party gained access to the company’s network. The company took all of its systems offline and to keep operations running, relies on an emergency plan. Based on the current status of the investigation, it cannot be ruled out that the perpetrator also obtained company data.
Kendrion location in Malente was also affected by the attack. Development and sales are currently at a standstill, production could continue. Kendrion has sent home most of the 300 employees in Malente.
Kendrion issued a statement on September it had “fully resumed all operations. The incident has had no significant impact on our customer deliveries and is not expected to have a material impact on the company’s financial results.”