It is a challenging situation that cannot be rehearsed in this way: Last Friday, Rosenbauer announced that it was the target of a cyber attack. Hard to believe: Although parts of the IT infrastructure of the world’s largest supplier of firefighting equipment have been shut down, production at the company from Leonding (Upper Austria) continues.
The exact size and duration of the attack and its consequences cannot be estimated at this time, Rosenbauer said on Friday when the company also announced: We are the target of a cyber attack! Based in Leonding (Upper Austria), the company immediately set up a task force to work with outside cybersecurity experts and data forensic scientists to restore system operation safely and as quickly as possible. Rosenbauer has shut down parts of the IT infrastructure as a precaution.
“Strong impact”
And what now? When asked, Rosenbauer spokesman Tiemon Kiesenhofer confirmed “strong effects” of the cyber attack. At the same time, however, he can report that production at the fire service supplier is continuing despite the difficulties. What is especially needed is the organization of the flow of goods when parts of the IT are not working, as is the case now.
Early next week, most of the IT should be operational again
So far, however, Rosenbauer seems to have the situation more or less under control. In any case, Sebastian Wolf’s company has already worked out a step-by-step plan to restore the systems. The majority of IT services should be operational again early next week, they say.
Source: Krone
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