Cyberattack on Municipal Waste Disposal Company in Germany
INCIDENT
The waste management company (AWG) in Bassum was unreachable by phone for two weeks at the beginning of May. The company has now announced that this was due to a cyber attack. The disruption meant that all of the company's landlines were unavailable, and bulky waste could no longer be registered online. No customer data was at risk.
In order to resolve the problem, AWG called in a crisis team and took the entire company offline.
Incident Date
May 1, 2024
Location
Estimated Cost
Bulk waste could not be registered; Phones down for 2 weeks.
Type of Malware
No Malware identified
Threat Source
No threat source identified
Industries
Impacts
IT