cyber
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.65
Tecogen discloses ransomware attack on April 28; network restored by May 1
TECOGEN INC.
- Attack was a spear phishing attempt via the company's VPN; traces found on two workstations.
- Hard disks of affected workstations permanently removed; files restored from prior evening's backup.
- Network fully operational by May 1, 2023; all passwords changed and user accounts audited.
- VPN access disabled pending implementation of multi-factor authentication for network and workstations.
- Company reviewing improved cyber threat protection software and hardware solutions.