Thyssenkrupp Technical Trade Secrets Stolen

December 26, 2022

INCIDENT

Technical trade secrets were stolen from the steel production and manufacturing plant design divisions of ThyssenKrupp AG in cyber attacks earlier n 2016. ThyssenKrupp was the victim of an economical espionage campaign carried out by hackers based in Southeast Asia. The company said the hackers' goals were to breach its network and steal technological know-how and research from its industrial research branches.

Incident Date

February 16, 2016

Location

Germany

Estimated Cost


No cost values disclosed.

Type of Malware

No Malware identified

Threat Source

No threat source identified