Italy
ITA
GSE ransomware shuts down Italian energy-service portals
A ransomware intrusion into Gestore dei Servizi Energetici during the night of August 28-29, 2022, led it to isolate its network, email, workstations and application infrastructure and disable its public website and online portals. Renewable-energy service interactions were unavailable during restoration. GSE explicitly said its separate emergency gas-purchasing activity continued.
77
Estimated severity
77 / 100
94
Source reliability
94 / 100
Approximate Date
2022-08-29
Targeted Company
GESTORE DEI SERVIZI ENERGETICI
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
No other affected countries reported
Target country
Italy
Affected countries
Italy
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Operational disruptionService unavailability
Affected sectors
Energy & Utilities
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Ransomware
Attributed threat actors
ALPHV/BLACKCAT
Sources
Incident Sources
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