Greek gas operator refuses to negotiate with ransomware group after attack
Greece’s national natural gas operator DESFA confirmed this weekend that it was hit with a cyberattack but said it will not negotiate with the people behind the incident.
DESFA is in charge of managing, exploiting, developing, and operating Greece’s natural gas system.
The Ragnar Locker ransomware group added the organization to its leak site on Friday, writing that no one had responded to its demands.
DESFA, the national natural gas transmission system operator in
has been ransomed by ragnar locker.On Saturday, DESFA confirmed that its IT infrastructure was hit with a cyberattack and that it had a “confirmed impact on the availability of some systems and possible leakage of a number of directories and files.”
“We have managed to ensure and continue the operation of the National Natural Gas System (NNGS) in a safe and reliable way. The management of the NNGS continues to operate smoothly and DESFA continues to supply natural gas to all entry and exit points of the country safely and adequately,” the company said in a statement.