CACTUS RANSOMWARE GANG CLAIMS THE SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC HACK

From securityaffairs.com

Schneider Electric is a multinational company that specializes in energy management, industrial automation, and digital transformation.

BleepingComputer first reported the attack that hit the Sustainability Business division of the company on January 17th. BleepingComputer contacted Schneider Electric which confirmed the data breach.

The attack was carried out by the Cactus ransomware gang, which claims to have stolen terabytes of corporate data from the company.

The attack impacted the services of Schneider Electric’s Resource Advisor cloud platform causing outages.

Schneider Electric said that other divisions of the company were not impacted by the cyber attack.

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