The threat of cybercrime against the energy sector in Denmark is very high. The Center for Cybersecurity (CFCS) announced this on its website on Thursday in a new threat assessment of the cyber threat against the energy sector.
The assessment - very high - is the highest threat level. And it is described by the fact that there is a specific threat, capacity, planning and possible launch of attacks. The threat level was also very high in the previous assessment.
CFCS - which is part of the Danish Defense Intelligence Service (DE) - therefore believes that it is very likely that the sector will be exposed to cybercrime attempts within the next two years.
The green transition is part of the energy sector and should help to detach countries in the West from energy sources from Russia. And it is Denmark's position in connection with the green transition that contributes to the very high threat level.
Ransomware is the most frequent problem
It is ransomware attacks in particular that will continue to hit companies and authorities in the sector. Such an attack occurs when hackers cut off the company from its own data via an encryption key.
The hackers then demand large sums of money to restore access. The assessment states that 65 percent of all attacks against the energy sector in Europe since 2015 have been ransomware attacks.
In the new assessment, CFCS also raises the threat level from cyber activism against the energy sector to high. This is justified by the war in Ukraine - and that energy policy has become security policy. According to CFCS, it is particularly pro-Russian activists who are active. They have become more active in connection with the war. According to CFCS, cyber activists will go after symbolic targets.
In the report, CFCS points out that the threat of destructive attacks against the Danish energy sector is low.
At the end of 2021, Vestas, among others, was hit by a hacker attack from the Russian ransomware group Lockbit, which subsequently published data obtained by the cyber attack on the Dark Web.
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