Nordex Group's Cyber Attack

Industry: Manufacturing | Level: Strategic | Source: Nordex

The Nordex Group a wind turbine manufacturer headquartered in Germany suffered a cyberattack on March 31st, 2022 resulting in the "precautionary" shut down of their IT systems in various locations. The company maintains factories in Germany, China, Mexico, the United States, Brazil, Spain and India, with no details on the locations impacted. The company's press statement states the intrusion activity was in the "early stage." Adding that their incident response procedures were executed immediately, "The incident response team of internal and external security experts has been set up immediately in order to contain the issue and prevent further propagation and to assess the extent of potential exposure." Nordex Group has not released any additional updates regarding the incident.