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A company producing industrial automation for the maritime sector is victim of a ransomware attack.

Day	Month	Year	Country	Activity	Incident Type
27	June	2023	Germany	Industry	Virus/Ransomware

Summary

The victim is a leading energy technology firm headquartered in Munich. The company has a vast global footprint, with 91,000 employees and an annual turnover of $35 billion. It specializes in the design, development, and production of various industrial goods, from industrial control systems to advanced power units, renewable energy solutions, and comprehensive energy delivery mechanisms. Moreover, they offer cybersecurity consultation services tailored to the oil and gas sector, encompassing areas like incident response, vulnerability evaluations, and patch management.

According to sources, the victim has acknowledged a breach resulting from the Cl0p ransomware's data-theft assaults that took advantage of a zero-day flaw in the MOVEit Transfer platform. The Cl0p threat group subsequently listed the victim on its data leak website, signifying that they had successfully extracted data during the cyber intrusion. This listing tactic is a part of Cl0p's strategy to exert pressure on their victims, typically preceding an actual leak of the stolen data. While there hasn't been a data leak as of now, the victim confirmed the breach linked to the MOVEit Transfer vulnerability, designated as CVE-2023-34362.

The victim emphasized that the breach did not lead to the compromise of any critical data, and their business operations remain unaffected.

Victim

Siemens Energy

Claimed/Reported Threat Actor

Cl0p

Origin

Cybercrime

Main impact

Availability

Recommendations to Industry to reduce Virus/Ransomware risks:

Map, understand, patch and secure your exposed assets on the Internet.
Implement email filtering systems to detect and block phishing emails.
Train your organisation, personnel regularly against these threats.
Install efficient Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools.
Work with your CSIRT organization to better understand the Tactics, Techniques and Procedures used by threat actors.
Monitor your IT and OT systems to quickly detect potential pre-ransomware activity.
Implement an efficient offline backup policy.
Encrypt all sensitive data to avoid further data leaks.

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