Bayer Hit by Year-Long Cyberattack
Return To ArticleGerman pharma and chemicals giant Bayer has been subjected to a sustained cyber-attack that seems to originate from China-based Winnti hacking group.
The company revealed that attack after saying it had finally removed the Trojan after spending months containing the threat and analysing its behaviour, according to German media reports. The intention was to track the data siphoned by the malware back to the source, although Bayer said there was no sign of data theft.
“Our Cyber Defense Centre detected indications of Winnti infections at the beginning of 2018 and initiated comprehensive analyses,” said Bayer. “There is no evidence of data outflow.”
