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[German]The manufacturer Knauf (gypsum, Plaster, building materials) fell victim to a cyber attack on June 29, 2022. The company's IT systems are affected worldwide and had to be shut down. Too much information in terms of details is unfortunately not yet known – the company hopes to have isolated the incident after the security system struck, but is still engaged in analysis. Addendum: Black Basta gang claims responsibility and has leaked data.

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[German]apetito AG, a German baded food manufacturer (with international subsidiaries) of frozen menus, menu components and supplier for schools, daycare centers, hospital kitchens, has become a victim of a cyber attack. Nothing is working on their IT systems at the moment – apart from a concise information on the company website, the manufacturer has not communicated anything so far. Here is some information about it.

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[German]Victims of Hive ransomware may hope to decrypt their encrypted files. This is because Korean security researchers have succeeded in developing a decryptor for versions 1 to 4 of this Hive ransomware. This was possible because there was a vulnerability in the encryption that could be exploited.

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[German]The manufacturer Bizerba (scales), located in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, has become a victim of a cyber attack during the night of Monday (June 27, 2022). As a result of this attack, all IT systems of this manufacturer were shut down worldwide. Too many details are not yet known, as internal IT is working with forensic experts to examine how the attackers were able to get in. Employees and customers are said to have been informed about the incident.

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