Security News > 2021 > October > Engineering giant Weir Group hit by ransomware attack
Scottish multinational engineering firm Weir Group has disclosed an "Attempted ransomware attack" that led to "Significant temporary disruption" in September.
"The Group is currently managing the consequences of a sophisticated attempted ransomware attack that occurred in the second half of September," the firm said in a Q3 trading update published Thursday.
Weir Group is also working on progressively restoring capabilities on a partial basis in the coming weeks, in order of business priority.
"While the bulk of the missed September revenue is expected to be shipped in Q4 it is likely that the temporary disruption to our end-to-end value chain will cause some slippage of Q4 revenues into 2022 together with some overhead under-recovery," the engineering group added.
The group employs more than 11,500 people in over 50 countries and provides services for the mining, infrastructure, and oil and gas markets.
A Weir Group spokesperson was not available for comment when contacted by BleepingComputer earlier today.
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