Palfinger attack highlights escalation in cyber crimes

Palfinger vice president Alexander Wörndl-Aichriedler speaks to KHL’s Lucy Barnard about the severe cyber attack at the Austrian crane and access equipment manufacturer. 

It was an ordinary Monday morning in January when Alexander Wörndl-Aichriedler, vice president in Austrian crane and access manufacturer Palfinger’s Global ICT division, received an urgent call.

Staff in the company’s Bergheim headquarters and elsewhere were having trouble accessing information on some of the company’s computer networks. The company had…

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