A shipbuilding U.S. Navy contractor named Fincantieri Marine Group has been
hit by a cyberattack
.
The company is the world's sixth-largest shipbuilder and the largest in Europe.
- The attack targeted the company's email server and network infrastructure, enabling the threat actor to shut down the company's manufacturing machines.
- Once it tracked the attack, the company's cybersecurity team isolated the affected systems and reported the incident to law authorities.
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The company, a subsidiary of Italy-based
Fincantieri
Spa, claims that it has no evidence that employees' personal information was affected.
- While the cyberattack has been tracked, the threat actor responsible for this breach is unknown.
- Founded in 1959, Fincantieri specializes in commercial and military ships.
- The company is considered the sixth-largest shipbuilding company in the world and the largest in Europe.
- It currently employs over 20,000 people and has over $5B in revenue.
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Recently, U.K. security agencies warned that Russian-backed could launch
attacks
on critical national infrastructure.
