Security News > 2021 > May > Green Energy Company Volue Hit by Ransomware

Norway-based green energy solutions provider Volue has been working on restoring systems after being targeted in a ransomware attack.

After the attack was disclosed, Volue asked customers to log off from its servers to "Avoid any further spreading of the ransomware," and also asked them to change their passwords for Volue services.

Volue's investigation is ongoing, but so far it has found no evidence of data exfiltration, either personal or "Energy-sensitive data." The firm said the attack targeted systems related to Powel domains, but the Volue domain did not appear to be compromised.

The company said most of its employees had been working from home at the time of the attack and they were not impacted.

The ransomware attack on Volue came just days before Colonial Pipeline, the largest refined products pipeline in the United States, said it was forced to shut down operations due to a ransomware attack.

The attack involved the Darkside ransomware and it had significant implications, including states declaring a state of emergency, temporary gas shortages caused by panicked motorists stocking up over fears of gas shortages caused by the hack, and gas prices rising.

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