ENGlobal Company, a supplier of engineering and automation companies to the U.S. power sector and federal authorities, says it has restricted entry to its IT methods following a cyberattack, limiting the corporate to important enterprise operations solely.
In an 8-K filing with the SEC on Monday, Texas-based ENGlobal mentioned it grew to become conscious of a “cybersecurity incident” on November 25. It mentioned a menace actor accessed its methods and “encrypted a few of its knowledge information,” suggesting it was the goal of a ransomware assault.
ENGlobal, whose prospects embrace the U.S. Division of Protection and Division of Vitality, mentioned it’s investigating the incident.
“The timing of restoration of full entry to the Firm’s IT system stays unclear,” the corporate mentioned. It added that it has not but decided whether or not the incident can have a cloth affect on its monetary outcomes.
