Fasana from NRW
Retroas letter in the printer: Hacker activity factory into bankruptcy
Cyber attack with bad consequences: criminals drove a napkin manufacturer from Euskirchen into ruin. 240 employees of the traditional company are affected.
The paper mill in Euskirchen-Stotzheim, Rheinische Euskirchen-Stotzheim, has been producing napkins for almost 100 years. Now the traditional manufacturer Fasana has to register bankruptcy. The reason: a cyber attack temporarily paralyzed the work in May and caused the millions of production in the millions. On June 1, Fasana requested bankruptcy, 240 employees are affected.
According to the local media, a true economic thriller took place in Stotzheim: four weeks ago, Hacker took over the computer systems from Fasana. One morning found a blackmail letter in the printers of the company. Laptops and PCs were no longer usable. Orders could no longer be accepted and handled, the production was paralyzed for days. Fasana made a complaint against unknown.
Fasana from Euskirchen is looking for an investor
The Cologne city-Anzeiger reports that Fasana could hardly generate business for two weeks, which had led to dropouts of around two million euros. The responsible insolvency administrator Dirk Wegener told the newspaper. He is now commissioned to find someone who continues the financially battered operation.
After all, the company can now produce again. IT specialists have brought most computers and programs up and running again. Some things still have to be improvised, but at least you are able to work, says Wegener. His goal is now to find an investor who continues to operate the company with all employees. Only in March Powerparc AG took over the business as a new owner.
The paper mill in Stotzheim looks back on a long tradition. In 1919, the entrepreneur Adolf Halstrick and the spouses Stauff awaited the company premises and built up a toilet paper and napkin production, as it is said in the company’s chronicle. We have been producing under the Fasana brand since 1947, the focus is now on paper napkins for wholesale and retail.
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Source: Stern
