Pharmaceutical and cosmetic group Pierre Fabre has been the victim of a latest cyber attack, and some production sites have been closed.
“Some of the production activities have been stopped,” said company spokesperson in a media breifing.
As per employees, “would have come from Asia even if this remains to be confirmed,” reports France Bleu Occitanie. The IT teams are “hard at work”, ensures the management, to restart production as quickly as possible and secure the data of the pharmaceutical and dermo-cosmetics group.
It is suspected that the organization might be a victim of a ransomware attack.
The company is making medicines related to Covid-19 which might be a reason that a Nation State Actor might be behind these attacks.
So far Actor Vectors are unknown and the story is developing.