A cyber-attack caused trains operated by DSB to stop in Denmark in which the threat actors attacked a third-party IT service provider.
The attack which occurred at the end of October hit the Danish company Supeo that provides enterprise asset management solutions to railway companies, transportation infrastructure operators and public passenger authorities.
DSB is the largest train operating company in Denmark. According to DSB’s chief of security, Carsten Dam Sonderbo-Jacobsen, they were contacted by their subcontractor who told them that their testing environment had been compromised by hackers. He stated that it hasn’t targeted infrastructure or DSB, it was economic crime.
The attack impacted the Digital Backpack 2 platform provided by Supeo, that allows train drivers to access operationally critical information using an iPhone or iPad.
It is likely that the threat actor targeted operational technology (OT) systems to disrupt operations.
The experts believe that Supeo may have suffered a ransomware attack, and the company told that the attackers are financially motivated.
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