As reported by IT News, Swatch Group shut down some of its technology systems after detecting a cyberattack over the weekend, the world’s biggest watchmaker said.
Swatch Group confirms that it has identified clear signs of a developing cyber-attack on some of its IT systems during the weekend,” the company said in an emailed statement, confirming a report by Swiss news agency AWP. A shutdown of some of its systems – which the group conducted on a precautionary basis – had affected some of its operations, Swatch said, without specifying which operations were affected.
Experts Comments
Mounir Hahad, head of the Juniper Threat Labs at Juniper Networks
Swatch watchmaker’s CIRT team gets it: time is of the essence, no pun intended. Responding quickly to what seems a bit off on an InfoSec console screen can make the difference between staring at a ransom note and saving the day.
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