Norsk Hydro just got hit with a major ransomware attack that took down their entire worldwide network. It happened this morning, Tuesday, March 19, 2019, and we wanted to share this with you.
They experienced widespread system outages. This has been such a disaster that their aluminum production plants are now operating manually. All of their 35,000 employees worldwide have been affected.
For details view this 18-minute briefing from Norsk Hydro.
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
Anthony has been in the MSP business since before the acronym existed. Managed IT once started as break-fix solutions and some light phone support.
Since then, he has seen the industry flourish into a landscape of platforms, cloud servers, software tools and AI . Tailoring network configurations and software stacks to the specific needs of each business.
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