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Cyber ​​attack: Hackers paralyze production at tractor manufacturer Fenmdt 

2022-05-09T14:17:17.696Z


Cyber ​​attack: Hackers paralyze production at tractor manufacturer Fenmdt  Created: 05/09/2022, 16:05 By: Thomas Schmidtutz Fendt headquarters in Marktoberdorf: After a cyber attack, production at the tractor manufacturer came to a standstill (archive image). © Karl-Josef Hildenbrand The tractor manufacturer Fendt has fallen victim to a serious hacker attack. Production is at a standstill. Th


Cyber ​​attack: Hackers paralyze production at tractor manufacturer Fenmdt 

Created: 05/09/2022, 16:05

By: Thomas Schmidtutz

Fendt headquarters in Marktoberdorf: After a cyber attack, production at the tractor manufacturer came to a standstill (archive image).

© Karl-Josef Hildenbrand

The tractor manufacturer Fendt has fallen victim to a serious hacker attack.

Production is at a standstill.

Thousands of employees have to stay at home.

Marktoberdorf – At the tractor manufacturer Fendt, production at the headquarters in Marktoberdorf in the Allgäu came to a standstill after a hacker attack.

According to reports, all computers now need to be checked.

Mail requests come to nothing.

The telephone lines are also dead. It is not yet clear when production can start again, a company spokeswoman told Bayerischer Rundfunk.

Recently, more and more companies had been attacked by hackers.

They infiltrate corporate networks and take full control to extort ransom.

Only at the beginning of the month did the financial regulator Bafin warn of possible attacks by Russian cybercriminals because of the Ukraine war.

So far, little is known about the concrete background at Fendt.

However, there are increasing signs that it could be an attempt at blackmail.

Fendt is owned by US giant AGCO.

The American group announced on Friday that it had become the target of a cyber attack.

Several production sites are affected.

It is assumed that operations will be affected for several days, the company said without giving any further information.

Hacker attack at Fendt: 4500 employees have to stay at home

According to Fendt, it employs around 4,300 people in Marktoberdorf.

Other plants are in Wolfenbüttel in Lower Saxony, Hohenmölsen (Saxony-Anhalt), Feucht, Asbach-Bäumenheim and Waldstetten (all in Bavaria).

In addition to Fendt, the agricultural machinery manufacturer Massey Ferguson also belongs to the group.

The group does not disclose detailed business figures for the German subsidiary.

Source: merkur

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