Australian government-owned energy company, CS Energy confirms they were a target of a ransomware attack

On Tuesday 30^th of November 2021, CS Energy, an Australian government-owned energy generator in the Queensland confirmed they had suffered a ransomware attack on Saturday, 27^th of November 2021 which occurred on their corporate network but did not impact the electricity generation at either of their power stations in Callide and Kogan Creek.

CS Energy CEO Andrew Bills stated they were able to contain the incident swiftly “by segregating the corporate network from other internal networks and enacting business continuity processes” and that CS Energy had “immediately notified relevant state and federal agencies, and are working closely with them and other cybersecurity experts”.