(6-14-24) A German blogger (Born’s Tech and Windows World) sent the following email to the Outlook—

Are you aware that Crown Equipment, located in New Bremen, has a standstill in production? I was told, it was a cyber incident – their website is down (worldwide), no telephone, the didn’t pay their workers but are tight lipped about details. I’ve compiled what I found out (I’m a tech blogger living in Germany). If you could provide any additional clue, it would be helpful.

A portion of the above story—

  • Since Monday, June 10, 2024, production at the forklift truck manufacturer’s two sites in Roding (Cham district in Germany) has been at a standstill.
  • The switchboard is dead, so the manufacturer cannot be reached by phone.
  • Crown’s website (crown[.]com) is down worldwide.

And there are reports of IT problems worldwide. Some of the employees from Roding were sent home. According to the report, the Crown managing director on site in Roding was unable to say exactly what had happened. There are recent posts on the company’s Facebook pages, but no explanation of what is going on. The Bing crawler was last able to visit the page on June 9, 2024. With the overall picture above, I’m guessing a ransomware attack.

The German Blogger

Günter Born, is a freelance writer, living in Germany. He holds an engineering degree in physics and has for more than 3 decades working experience as an engineer. Since 1989 he has written more then 200 books about Windows, Office and other information technology topics.