Turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems admits to cyber incident, refuses to confirm if ransomware is at play

Vestas Wind Systems, one of the world's largest makers of wind turbines, today confirmed company data has been compromised in a "cyber security incident" that forced the firm to isolate parts of its IT infrastructure. The alarm bells rang on Saturday when Vestas admitted: "To contain the issue, IT systems are shut down across …

[Korev]

I guess the company has a Vestas interest in getting their infrastructure up again...

[Jellied Eel]

Let's see how they spin this one.

[MiguelC]

Let's just hope it's not all gone with the wind

[David Halko]

Glad they were not blown away during the attack

[Clausewitz 4.0]

This hole business of breaking Wind Systems smells bad

[MiguelC]

That's probably because there's something rotten in the kingdom of Denmark

[Anonymous Coward]

This is the Vestas who had a printed list of their corporate licence keys blutacked to the wall and clearly visible to anyone walking around the business park?

Definitely not very crispy noodles.

[Pascal Monett]

Noodles are not supposed to be crispy.

[Anonymous Coward]

They are if you've ever had a Vesta Chow Mein

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/257550162

[LordHighFixer]

Hopefully it was

Ransomware, the company decided not to pay and just restore from 'gold masters.' I would really like to see a company actually handle this correctly instead of paying.

[Snowy]

Re: Hopefully it was

The chances are not good :(