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Cyberattack shuts down three Swedish furniture factories
InteriorDaily (via Google News)manufacturing
What happened. InteriorDaily reports that a cyberattack has shut down three Swedish furniture factories.
Who is affected. Three Swedish furniture factories in the manufacturing sector. The source does not say which organisations are affected.
What to do. Review the links between your office network and plant systems, and check that your recovery plans and backups work.
Why it matters to your site. Use it to test how well your plant keeps running if office IT is attacked, and whether you can restart production from backups.
When to act. Plan ahead: Manufacturers: a cyberattack shut factories; check IT-to-plant links today. Reports are early.
Editor's reading
ForOT security leadleadership
- Purdue level
- L4
- L3
Why: The report gives few details, but a shutdown of factories points to business systems (L4) and possibly site operations systems (L3).
Inferred from the facts above, not stated by the source. Check it against your own site before acting.
Source: InteriorDaily (via Google News) (opens news.google.com)
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