An extensive cyberattack on the arms company Rheinmetall was mostly unharmed. Previously unidentified attackers targeted the company's IT systems in an attempt to collapse them.
Only the organization website, which an outside service provider runs, was momentarily down, according to a group representative.
There is no evidence that a potential leak may have an impact on the internal Rheinmetall IT system.
As the business is providing, among other things, armored personnel carriers to Ukraine to stave off the Russian onslaught, experts predict that Rheinmetall is the target of Russian hackers who are on the Internet.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Rheinmetall-wehrt-Cyberattacke-weitgehend-ab-7538535.html
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/rheinmetall
"id": "rhe2352823",
"linkid": "rheinmetall",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "03/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Defense',
'name': 'Rheinmetall',
'type': 'Company'}],
'description': 'An extensive cyberattack on the arms company Rheinmetall was '
'mostly unharmed. Previously unidentified attackers targeted '
"the company's IT systems in an attempt to collapse them. Only "
'the organization website, which an outside service provider '
'runs, was momentarily down. There is no evidence that a '
'potential leak may have an impact on the internal Rheinmetall '
'IT system. As the business is providing, among other things, '
'armored personnel carriers to Ukraine to stave off the '
'Russian onslaught, experts predict that Rheinmetall is the '
'target of Russian hackers who are on the Internet.',
'impact': {'downtime': ['Momentary downtime of the website'],
'systems_affected': ['Organization website']},
'motivation': 'Political',
'threat_actor': ['Russian hackers'],
'title': 'Cyberattack on Rheinmetall',
'type': 'Cyberattack'}