The subsidiary of construction of Bouygues, including the activity of building is not affected, has promised “a return to normal as quickly as possible”.
The subsidiary of construction giant Bouygues was always struck on Friday by a cyber attack launched the previous day, told the group, referring to a rançongiciel and related that his computer was off.
“An attack viral-type ransomware has been detected on the computer network of Bouygues Construction, on the 30th of January,” said the group in a press release, after having already admitted the previous day be covered by a cyber attack.
“as a precautionary measure, the information systems have been stopped in order to avoid any spread,” said Bouygues Construction, one of the two major branches of the French giant with that of telecom. The subsidiary, in which the activity of building is not affected, has promised “a return to normal as quickly as possible” and a new point at the beginning of next week.
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tens of millions of euros in revenues lost due 2019
Since the beginning of 2019, several companies have had to explain to their shareholders that they had lost tens of millions of euros in revenue because of cyber attacks crippling to their business.
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Eurofins, group testing services for the pharmaceuticals, agri-food and the environment, has estimated to have lost 62 million euros of sales in the first half of last year, due to an attack on the rançongiciel. The list of victims also includes the producer of Norwegian aluminium Norsk Hydro, the French group of French technology Altran or food group French Fleury-Michon.
In the case of Bouygues, the hackers claim to have stolen data the group and “ask for ten million dollars” to not distribute the documents, reported Damien Bancal, an expert in cyber security and the moderator of the blog Zataz, who is said to be in contact with them.
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Damien Bancal said that she received “evidence” of data theft, including “copies of passport”, but ensures not to have open in order not to violate the law. Interviewed, Bouygues did not want to confirm or comment on these elements.
