Security News Duvel says it has "more than enough" beer after ransomware attack

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Duvel Moortgat Brewery was hit by a ransomware attack late last night, bringing to a halt the beer production in the company's bottling facilities.

Duvel is a Belgian beer brand best known for its strong and fruity golden pale ale bearing the same name. The brewery also makes other popular abbey beers such as Vedett, Maredsous, and La Chouffe that are enjoyed all over the world.

Earlier today, a spokersperson for the company told local media that their automated threat detection systems flagged the ransomware attack.

"At 1:30 AM last night, alarms went off in Duvel's IT department because ransomware was detected," stated Ellen Aarts, communications manager at Duvel Moortgat.

"Therefore, production was immediately stopped. It is not yet known when it could restart. We hope to restart today or tomorrow," the company spokesperson added.

Aarts added that even though they have no estimate for when production operations will return to normal, their warehouses are stocked, so there should be no impact on distribution.

Beer enthusiasts on Reddit responded to the incident with humor, calling the situation a "national emergency" and asking for the actual number of "strategic reserves."

Duvel says it has "more than enough" beer after ransomware attack

Duvel Moortgat Brewery was hit by a ransomware attack late last night, bringing to a halt the beer production in the company's bottling facilities

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It's unfortunate that Duvel Moortgat Brewery has been hit by a ransomware attack. However, it's reassuring to hear that their threat detection systems were effective and that they have enough stock to continue distribution. Cybersecurity is crucial in all industries, including breweries.

 

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Stormous ransomware gang takes credit for attack on Belgian brewer Duvel

The group claimed the attack on Duvel Moortgat Brewery, which has brought production to 'a standstill' for days.

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The company was added to Stormous’ leak site on Thursday, with the group claiming to have stolen 88 gigabytes of data from Duvel. The gang gave the brewer a deadline of March 25 to pay the ransom.

The incident comes amid growing interest in Stormous ransomware following their announced alliance with GhostSec, a financially-motivated hacking group conducting single- and double-extortion attacks that has ramped up its activity over the last year, according to Cisco Talos.

Researchers published a report this week about the alliance between the two groups, finding that they are “operating together to conduct… double extortion attacks” on victims in Cuba, Argentina, Poland, China, Lebanon, Israel, Uzbekistan, India, South Africa, Brazil, Morocco, Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia.

 

[Jonny Quest]

Wow, where, how does all of this stop? Until they ransom the world? And it always seems to take 2-3 years of being under investigation before some of them are caught, which I understand, but really?! What needs to be, or can be done?

 

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Belgian village whose brewery was hit by cyberattack faces another on its coffee roastery

The companies were hit around the same time and are based less than a mile apart in the municipality of Puurs-Sint-Amands.

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The Belgian village of Breendonk — home to Duvel Moortgat Brewery, which was hit by a cyberattack last week — is now facing a second incident affecting local coffee roasters Koffie Beyers.

The impact of the incident affecting Beyers is not yet clear. Police have confirmed that an investigation is underway and that specialists from a computer crime unit attended the scene.

Although cyberattacks are relatively common, the temporal and geographic proximity of the Duval and Beyers incidents is unusual — the companies were hit around the same time and are based less than a mile apart in the municipality of Puurs-Sint-Amands.