Unauthorized access to parts of TÜV Rheinland Akademie GmbH’s training network
Cologne | 02 July, 2024
Cyber attack on individual training content of TÜV Rheinland subsidiary in Germany / TÜV Rheinland corporate network not affected
TÜV Rheinland Akademie GmbH discovered unauthorized access to parts of its training network in Germany in June and has since taken extensive security measures. TÜV Rheinland Akademie GmbH is a training provider under the umbrella of TÜV Rheinland. The training network is a separate network. The affected areas of the training network provide participants in training programs in Germany with access to certain training content, primarily via PCs in training rooms or loaner computers. After the cyber attack was detected, the affected network segment was deactivated. The corporate network of TÜV Rheinland and the rest of TÜV Rheinland’s training network are not affected.
According to the current status of the ongoing investigation, data was also leaked during this attack. At this time, there is no indication that sensitive personal data was affected, but rather training content, room reservation information and possibly access data for training courses – which can no longer be used due to the reinstallation and are therefore unusable. If there is any impact on training courses, we will notify participants and partners.
Experts are conducting a full analysis of the incident and have begun reinstalling the training network servers. All access to this part of the training network has been removed. The Academy will provide immediate information should further findings emerge from the attack.
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