Oiltanking GmbH Group and Mabanaft Group on Saturday discovered what they called a “cyber incident affecting our IT systems” and launched an investigation together with external specialists
The head of Germany's IT security agency, Arne Schoenbohm, said at a conference on Tuesday that the incident was serious “but not grave,” German news agency dpa reported.
Schoenbohm said that 233 filling stations largely in northern Germany had been affected, only 1.7% of the country's total. He said that it wasn't possible at some of those stations to pay by credit card or adjust prices, but that it some cases it was possible to pay using cash.
Industry officials said there was no danger to Germany's overall fuel supplies, dpa reported.
LONDON -- Britain's Royal Air Force said Wednesday that it scrambled fighter jets in response to four Russian military aircraft approaching the United Kingdom.
The force said four Russian strategic bombers were “intercepted and escorted,” adding that they did not enter U.K. airspace at any point.
