One of the world's largest aluminium companies just got hit by a massive cyber attack

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Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro , one of the world's largest aluminium producers, has been hit by a cyber attack that it says has partially shut down operations.

Norsk Hydro, one of the world's largest aluminium producers, was the subject of a massive cyber attack in the early hours of Tuesday, the company said in aThe Norwegian company said that it didn't know the full extent of the attack but said it was working to contain and neutralize the attack.

"IT systems in most business areas are impacted and Hydro is switching to manual operations as far as possible," it said in a statement. Norwegian aluminium producer and renewable energy provider Norsk Hydro has been hit by a major cyber attack which has partially shut down the company's operations. The company, which is one of the largest aluminium producers in the world, said that it didn't know the full extent of the attack but said it was working to contain and neutralize the attack in a statement.

"IT systems in most business areas are impacted and Hydro is switching to manual operations as far as possible," it said in a statement. The company's shares are down 2.1% as of 8.50 a.m in London whileCyber attacks are an increasingly problematic area for businesses, with a number of high profile breaches causing major infrastructural problems and causing massive data losses.

 

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the bad infrastructure also applies to companies bad digital infrastructure. therearebetterwaystosecuredata

Their CyberSecurity team will get nice offers after this.

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