BAYRY Bayer Aktiengesellschaft (PK)

   By Nathan Allen 
 

Bayer AG (BAYN.XE) said Thursday that it detected and blocked a cyberattack from the Winnti group on its systems, but that there was no evidence that data was stolen.

The German chemical-and-pharmaceuticals group said it first detected indications of infections linked to Winnti at the beginning of 2018, and began analyzing the threat in collaboration with Germany's cybersecurity organization.

All affected systems have now been cleaned up and the Cologne Public Prosecutor is leading an investigation, Bayer said.

Several organizations have found links between Winnti and Chinese intelligence. After originally targeting online gaming companies, the group targeted at least one pharmaceutical company, according to evidence found in 2015 by researchers with cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab.

Patrick Costello contributed to this article.

Write to Nathan Allen at nathan.allen@dowjones.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

April 04, 2019 05:50 ET (09:50 GMT)

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