Ransomhub Targets SCADA System of Spanish Meat Processing Plant
INCIDENT
Ransomhub, claimed an attack on the Spanish Abattoir, Matadero de Gijón. The Ransomhub ransomware group claimed unauthorized access to the plant’s Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, which is critical for industrial process control.
La Nueva Espana reports that the alleged "hacking" of the computer that controls the water purification of the Matadero de Gijón plant forced operations to shut down. Workers were sent home and more than 40 cattle stopped being slaughtered. Operations resumed through manual control of the treatment plant.
Incident Date
May 18, 2024
Location
Estimated Cost
workers sent home, operations shut down, between 15GB-400GB data stolen.
References
- Matadero de Gijón has reportedly been compromised by the RansomHub ransomware group.
- El Matadero paralyzed on Monday by the “hacking” of the sewage treatment plant
- Ransomhub Attacking Industrial Control Systems To Encrypt And Exfiltrate Data
- Ransomware Menace Amplifies for Vulnerable Industrial Control Systems: Heightened Threats to Critical Infrastructure
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