Cyberattack
Power Grid
Vestas — ransomware disrupts internal wind-industry IT
19 November 2021
Aarhus, Denmark (global company systems)
Map
56.1600, 10.2000
What happened
Wind-turbine manufacturer Vestas detected a ransomware attack that compromised internal IT systems and data across multiple business units. The company shut down affected systems, restored operations in stages and notified authorities. Vestas said wind-turbine operations were not affected and later reported no significant direct operational or financial impact, correcting the supplied characterization that the incident halted wind-farm operations worldwide.
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- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Power Grid
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- Latitude
- 56.1600°
- Longitude
- 10.2000°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.
