BlueScope IT ‘disruption’ feared to be ransomware attack

BlueScope Steel is suffering IT “disruption” that is believed to be the result of a ransomware infection, impacting production systems used by its global operations.
iTnews has learned that production systems were halted company-wide in the early hours of Thursday morning, though recovery from backup was understood to be progressing on Thursday afternoon. 
It is believed that the company’s Port Kembla furnace has switched to manual operations in response, while what BlueScope calls its “service centres” – factories that produce end products like Colorbond steel – are still operating. 


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