Romania’s biggest car plant restarts production after unprecedented cyber-attack

The Dacia plant in Mioveni has restarted its activity after dealing with the effects of last week’s WannaCry cyber-attack, the company announced. French car-maker Renault, which owns the local Dacia plant, halted the manufacturing operations in Romania and Sandouville, France after the global cyber-attack that also affected companies such as Spanish telecom company Telefonica, US courier service FedEx. Corp or hospitals in Britain, according to France24.com. “On Monday, at 07:00, the activity at the Dacia Mioveni industrial platform was restarted as usual, following the efforts and reactivity of our team. All the IT systems of the Renault Romania Group are working normally and are secure,” the company said. The company stopped the activity temporarily in order to protect itself from the effects of the cyber-attack. “After the Ransomeware virus affected Groupe Renault on Friday, May 12, the situation is now under control. A series of proactive measures were undertaken immediately, such as the temporary halt of the industrial activity in order to stop the spread of the virus and protect the group,” the company announced. Romania was among the ten most affected countries in the WannaCry cyber-attack, according to Russian antivirus producer Kaspersky. Unprecedented international cyber-attack stops production at Romania’s biggest car plant editor@romania-insider.com