Siberia's largest dairy work, according to reports with the attraction variant

The largest milk processing plant in southern Siberia was affected by a ransomware attack. Local media reports indicate that the violation could be associated with the support of the work for Russian troops in Ukraine.

During the attack on the Semyonishna facility, which took place in December, Hacker Group's unidentified Hacker Group encrypted the company of the company with an attraction ransomware load, said the Regional Office of Russia Security Service (FSB) last Friday to the Local news website Kommersant.

According to reports, the attackers have used the Remote Access software AnyDesk to spread the ransomware over the company's network. According to the FSB's statement, the targeted system lacked antivirus protection.

The Semyonishna plant in the Russian Republic of Khakassia is an important manufacturer of dairy products – including milk, butter, sour cream, curd cheese, yogurt, dry milk and cheese – in the region. Local media reported that the cyber attack on the company's systems appeared shortly after his fighting humanitarian aid for Russian soldiers in Ukraine.

According to Valery Levitsky, director of the Russian Dairy Company Sayanmoloko, to whom the work belongs, the attack caused all company printer to get leaves that condemn her contributions to the Russian army.

“The message accused our company of having helped the Russian government to finance its budget and feed the population, and said that this money is directed for the war and the murder of the Ukrainian citizens,” he said. “Each sheet of paper was printed with this statement.”

According to Levitsky, the attack had no effect on milk processing, but bothered the company's ability to mark products in the Russia state-managed tracking system to combat fake goods and to ensure product safety.

Neither the management of the work nor the local authorities have announced whether the hackers asked for a ransom or whether the company has negotiated with them.

In an interview with local media in December, Levitsky explained that the operations of the work have normalized again. However, the company's website does not seem to be functional, whereby only one logo and user comments mock the design of the website.

This is the second time that Sayan Moloko fell victim to a cyber attack, local media reported. At the beginning of July, another Russian milk producer suffered a ransomware attack that lasted cheese production and shipping for a month. At this point, the company's managing director said in an interview with local media that he believed that Western secret services were involved in the attack and warned other companies for food processing about the use of western software and equipment.

One of the most important agro-industrial companies in Russia was also targeted in April by a ransomware attack, with Hacker demanding almost $ 6 million to Ransom to decrypt the company's data.

Several large Russian companies have suffered cyber incidents since the beginning of this year. Last week, a Pro-Ukraine hacking group took responsibility for a cyber attack on Carmoney, a Russian microfinance company associated with the former wife of President Vladimir Putin.

In January, the Russian electronic trading platform for government and corporate procurement was affected by a cyber attack by a Pro-Ukraine group. At the beginning of this year, a group of hackers with unknown connections took responsibility for the violation of Rosreesters, a Russian government agency who was responsible for the management of property and land records.

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