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Ransomware 9 August 2022
Ransomware – Ista Danmark A/S
Company
Ista Danmark A/S
Sector
Energy
Actor
Daixin Team
## Description
All IT systems at Ista Danmark A/S were immediately shut down. Systems were offline for over 3 weeks. Daixin Team claimed to have encrypted thousands of servers and later published stolen company data.
## Timeline
- 2022-07-25
Systems taken offline to contain the attack
- 2022-07-29
Ista posts on Twitter about the outage
- 2022-08-09
Danish media picks up the story
- 2022-08-10
Berlingske/Version2 — entering third week of outage
- 2022-08-16
Daixin Team publishes stolen company data
## References
- Twitter — Ista official statement
- Computerworld — Dansk energiselskab ramt af kæmpe hackerangreb
- Berlingske — Dansk energiselskab lammet af cyberangreb på tredje uge
- Version2 — Dansk energiselskab ramt af stort cyberangreb
- DataBreaches.net — Ista International ransomware attack, Daixin Team claims
- Version2 — Ista: hackere offentliggør stjålne virksomhedsdata