Ransomware shuts down production at Flemish multinational | Flanders News
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A cyber-attack partially incapacitated operations at West Flemish weaving machine producer Picanol. Plants in Ieper (Belgium), Romania and China are hit.
Overnight Picanol received the news that Chinese colleagues had been unable to log onto several IT systems. Also in Ieper there were problems.
Picanol communications director Frederic Dryhoel speaks of an attack using ransomware. This is malware that locks out the company from its own IT systems. Cybercriminals then demand a ransom in (...)
