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Network disruption at Volkswagen: Production comes to a standstill in several plants
Electric vehicles roll off the assembly line at the Volkswagen plant in Zwickau. Due to an IT malfunction, production in several of the car manufacturer’s plants has apparently come to a standstill
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An IT malfunction has paralyzed the Volkswagen Group’s central infrastructure – production has apparently come to a complete standstill in several plants. The car manufacturer has convened a crisis team.
An IT malfunction paralyzed the Volkswagen Group’s central infrastructure on Wednesday. Production in several plants is at a standstill, a company spokesman confirmed. The “Handelsblatt” had previously reported.
“We can confirm an IT disruption of network components at the Wolfsburg location,” said a company spokesman in the evening. “The disruption has existed since 12:30 p.m. and is currently being analyzed. There are implications for vehicle producing plants.” According to the current state of analysis, an external attack is unlikely to be the cause of the system malfunction. We are working hard on the fix.
Nothing works anymore – Volkswagen calls up a crisis team
According to “Handelsblatt”, the cause is still unknown. The company has convened the crisis team. According to information from the newspaper, large parts of IT and also the VW manufacturing plants are said to be affected. According to the company, production is currently at a standstill at the main plant in Wolfsburg as well as in Emden, Osnabrück and Zwickau. Nothing is currently going on in the offices at the Wolfsburg headquarters either.