Carmakers Renault, Nissan hit by cyber attack. Dacia halts production
French carmaker Renault and its Romanian subsidiary Dacian stopped production at several sites on Saturday to prevent the spread of a global cyber attack that hit its computer systems, a spokesman said. Production at Nissan’s manufacturing plant in Sunderland, northeast England, has also been affected by the cyber attack.
UPDATE 1 Romanian carmaker Dacia halts production after global cyber attack
Romanian carmaker Dacia, owned by France’s Renault, said on Saturday some of its production had been hit by what appeared to be the global ransomware cyber attack that has infected computers in nearly 100 countries.
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Renault stopped production at several sites earlier on Saturday to prevent the spread of the cyber attack.
“Part of Dacia’s production in Mioveni has been affected by disfunctionalities of IT systems and some employees were sent back home,” Dacia said in a statement. “The measure was taken to prevent extending the disfunctions, which at first glance are a consequence of the global cyber attack.”
“Proactive measures have been put in place, including the temporarily suspension of industrial activity at some sites,” the Renault spokesman said.
Renault’s plant at Sandouville in northwestern France was one of the factories that stopped production, the spokesman said, declining to provide a full list of affected sites.
The manufacturer is the first major French company to report being affected by the ransomware cyber attack that has infected tens of thousands of computers in nearly 100 countries.
PSA Group, Renault’s French rival, was not affected, a spokesman said on Saturday.
“Like many organisations, our UK plant was subject to a ransomware attack affecting some of our systems on Friday evening. Our teams are working to resolve the issue,” said the Nissan spokesman.
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He declined to confirm media reports that production at the plant, which employs 7,000, had been halted.
On Friday, cyber extortionists tricked victims into opening malicious malware attachments to spam emails that appeared to contain invoices, job offers, security warnings and other legitimate files.
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