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Emergency. Ransomware halts beer production at Belgium’s Duvel brewery

Graham Cluley @ 4:36 pm, March 7, 2024

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Bad news folks.

I’m afraid that the people of Belgium are dealing with a national emergency.

Yes, I’m afraid that a ransomware attack hit a part of Belgium’s critical infrastructure on Tuesday night.

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Graham Cluley

Graham Cluley is an award-winning keynote speaker who has given presentations around the world about cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. A veteran of the computer security industry since the early 1990s, he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows, makes regular media appearances, and hosts the popular "Smashing Security" podcast. Follow him on LinkedIn, Bluesky and Mastodon, or drop him an email.

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