Major IT Outage Forces Production Shutdown at Volkswagen Plants Across Germany

Volkswagen experiencing major IT disruption, shutting down operations at factories across Germany and beyond. Cause still unknown.
Outage began around 1230pm local time on Wednesday, affecting computer systems, email, production. Full extent unclear.
VW spokesperson confirms "IT disruption" but calls outside attack "unlikely" currently.
Not first infosec issue for VW - previous breaches exposed customer data, automaker secrets.
No attribution yet, but Russian hacktivists have targeted German orgs over Ukraine support.

theregister.com

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