Belgian brewery Duvel Moortgat’s data made public because company refused to pay
Cybercriminals have publicized about one terabyte of data from the Duvel Moortgat brewery ransomware attack last month. This is because the company refused to pay. The cybercriminals from Black Basta supposedly posted the data online, which included employee passport copies and internal company doc... Read more
Care retailer of Belgian health insurance provider victim of data breach
Goed, a healthcare retailer and part of the CM, fell victim to a cyber attack. Data was stolen during the attack. In several stores and pharmacies from Goed, it is currently not possible to pay with Bancontact.
Hackers broke into Goed's systems during the night from Monday to Tuesday. During th... Read more
Belgian telecom operator Edpnet reports cyber attack on systems
Hackers have penetrated Edpnet's computer systems. Although the Belgian telecom operator does not report data theft, customers have been unable to log into their accounts since Saturday.
Edpnet informed its customers Monday evening about a cyber attack. The telecom operator reports that hackers ... Read more
Belgium’s largest coffee roaster falls victim to cyber attack
Coffee Beyers from the Belgian town of Puurs-Sint-Amands has fallen victim to a cyber attack. Hackers managed to break into the company's computer systems on Thursday.
Cybercriminals are clearly targeting Belgian beverage producers this week. During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, brewery ... Read more
Ransomware pauses beer production at Duvel, La Chouffe and Liefmans -update
Update 7/3, 5 pm: The pro-Russian hacker group Stormous Group claimed responsibility for the cyber attack on Duvel Moortgat, as reported by the Belgian publication VRT NWS. The hackers are said to have stolen a lot of data from the brewer during the attack. If Duvel Moortgat refuses to pay, the dat... Read more
Proximus will transfer IT activities to separate company
The plan is to transfer all Proximus B2B IT activities to a separate company, PICT nbsp;SA (Proximus ICT), on July 1, 2024. The B2B telecom activities will remain under Proximus SA.
The Belgian telecom operator's move was prompted by the need to "adapt its organization and way of working to buil... Read more
Three new Google data centres in Belgian Hainaut
Google recently received permission from the Walloon province of Hainaut in Belgium to build three data centres. The exact location is the municipality of Farciennes. This should eventually create 800 jobs.
With the construction of the new data centre in Farciennes, Google is doubling its data c... Read more
OVHcloud expands in Belgium and Spain with local cloud zone
OVHcloud will open a local cloud environment in Belgium and Spain. Expansion to other European regions will follow. According to the French cloud computing specialist, this offers an advantage in flexibly scaling computing capacity and reduces latency.
OVHcloud is starting to offer Local Zones.... Read more
Google makes data centres in Europe run on carbon-free energy
Google announces the largest offshore wind project the tech giant ever launched. This project will be located entirely in the Netherlands. The power generated will power Dutch data centres and offices. In Poland, Italy and Belgium, the company is also signing agreements to run Google locations on c... Read more
Belgium makes new supercomputer available to all scientists
Belgium is getting a new Tier-1 supercomputer. It will be placed in Brussels but can be accessed by all Flanders scientists.
It will take until the fall of 2025 before the supercomputer becomes available. It will be at the Green Energy Park of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. It involves a total... Read more