Security News > 2021 > November > Wind turbine maker Vestas confirms recent security incident was ransomware

Wind turbine maker Vestas says "Almost all" of its IT systems are finally up and running 10 days after a security attack by criminals, confirming that it had indeed fallen victim to ransomware.

"We have been through some tough days since we discovered the cyber incident, and executive management and the board of directors are thus very pleased that the incident didn't impact wind turbine operations and almost all of our IT systems are running again."

Manufacturing, construction and services team were unaffected, Vestas said.

The deep probing of the incident continues, Vestas said, and there still remains no evidence that the break-in hit customer or supply chain operations, "Which is supported by the forensics investigation carried out with the assistance of third-party experts," it said.

The security incident bore all the hallmarks of a ransomware attack, but Vestas last week refused to comment.

"The cyber incident, which our investigations indicate was ransomware, impacted Vestas' internal systems and resulted in data being compromised. The extent to which data has been compromised is still being investigated, but for now it appears that the data foremost relates to Vestas' internal matters."

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