While the Romanian electricity supplier has not yet officially announced the nature of the attack, the Ministry of Energy has already announced that Electrica has fallen victim to a ransomware attack.
However, the attack did not affect the company’s SCADA systems. These are fully functional and isolated, said Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja. Technical teams and security partners are now working on site to eliminate all risks.
The identity of the perpetrators is still unclear. However, since Russian hackers apparently already tried to manipulate the presidential election, there may be similar motives here.