Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2021-03-07 00:00:00
Affected organization: Robotron
Affected country: Germany
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Network Infrastructure
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Robotron, a provider of backup software, is hit with an attack that installs ransomware on the networks of its clients. The latest automatic update of the Robotron Werkzeugkasten installed installed a new ransomware called BlockKopieren.