Russian hackers are behind the major failure of the Aluminerie Alouette systems, which occurred two weeks ago, according to a security expert who was able to consult the traces.
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“We have access to the documents they have published”, indicated to the Newspaper the CEO of StreamScan, Karim Ganame, who was able to confirm the information first revealed by ICI Radio-Canada Côte-Nord.
“It has nothing to do with the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Conti is a group of very aggressive Russian hackers, who find victims,” he added.
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We can see the name of Aluminerie Alouette on certain documents consulted by the CEO of StreamScan, Karim Ganame.
According to him, the modus operandi is simple. They take ownership of a network and then attempt to negotiate with the company.
“They expect you to negotiate. If you don’t negotiate, they start publishing your data to put pressure on you,” he sums up.
At the time of writing these lines, Aluminerie Alouette had not responded to our interview request.
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