Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2021-02-04 00:00:00
Affected organization: Eletronuclear
Affected country: Brazil
Industry: Utilities
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack,Internal Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A nuclear power subsidiary of Brazil's Eletrobras suffered a malware attack but no operations were impacted. The network that was attacked by ransomware is not related to the operational systems of nuclear energy plants Angra 1 and Angra 2, said Electrobras.