Germany
DEU
Cyberattack halts VARTA production across five facilities
A cyberattack against VARTA IT systems caused the battery manufacturer to halt production at five sites in Germany, Romania and Indonesia. The company confirmed that production could only resume progressively and that its capacity to process customer orders depended on restoration of manufacturing.
90
Estimated severity
90 / 100
96
Source reliability
96 / 100
Approximate Date
2024-02-12
Targeted Company
VARTA
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
Indonesia
IDN
Romania
ROU
Target country
Germany
Affected countries
GermanyIndonesiaRomania
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Production interruption
Affected sectors
Manufacturing
Affected departments
Information TechnologyProduction & Manufacturing
Attack Profile
Attack types
No information
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
varta-ag.comhttps://www.varta-ag.com/fileadmin/varta_ag/publications/corporate_news/VARTA_AG_Update_Cyberattack.pdfeqs-news.comhttps://www.eqs-news.com/news/ad-hoc/varta-ag-varta-affected-by-cyber-attack/aa91dbd7-d1ef-45ee-9c0f-d1155a38c7ed_enbleepingcomputer.comhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/german-battery-maker-varta-halts-production-after-cyberattack/