Ransomware

Stadtwerke Landsberg: IT systems encrypted, essential services maintained

The Bavarian municipal utility reported an attack on administrative IT systems. Water and electricity continued to operate.

Conceptual illustration: Stadtwerke Landsberg: IT systems encrypted, essential services maintained
Conceptual illustration · SecurCheck

What is confirmed

According to its customer notice reported on 8 September, the attack began overnight on 1 September and encrypted central IT systems.

The utility said water, electricity and other essential services were not interrupted.

What it means

Industrial services can continue while office and customer systems are unavailable; the impacts differ.

Attack notices can be imitated to send fake invoices or replacement bank details.

What to do

Customers: verify any changed payment instruction through a known official channel before paying.

Organisations: separate critical and administrative networks and test restoration procedures.

Check a suspicious sign

Use the related SecurCheck tool, then confirm important decisions with an official source.

Sources

  1. The Record — déclaration de l’opérateur