Lurssen Werft

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2023: Shutdown due to ransomware virus

In mid-April 2023, the German shipbuilding company Lurssen Werft, one of the contractors of the German army and the manufacturer of the world's largest superyachts, fell victim to hackers during the Easter holidays. A company spokesman confirmed the hacker attack and announced that it was carried out using a ransomware virus.

The attack brought major Lurssen Werft shipyards in Bremen to a standstill, according to local news outlet Buten un Binnen, which first reported the incident. Not a single hacker group of hackers has yet claimed responsibility.

German shipbuilding company Lurssen Werft is a victim of hackers

According to several German media, Lurssen Werft is collaborating with internal and external information security experts to deal with the cyber incident. Buten un Binnen reported that the German police launched a criminal investigation and opened a criminal case on April 17, 2023.

Lurssen Werft has been targeted in a ransom cyber attack. The hacker attack led to the shutdown of a significant part of the work. In coordination with internal and external experts, we immediately took all necessary protective measures and informed the responsible authorities, "said Oliver Grun, spokesman for Lurssen Werft.

At the beginning of 2023, Lurssen Werft employs about 1.6 thousand people, it owns five shipbuilding plants in Germany. The company was founded in 1875 and produces superyachts, including Azzam, Blue and Dilbar, as well as special purpose vessels. The company's yacht owners include the late former president of the United Arab Emirates, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov and Ukrainian tycoon Rinat Akhmetov. Lurssen Werft is also building ships for the German Navy and has a contract to design and build twelve maritime patrol vessels for Australia.^[1]

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