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Shell & General Electric Suffer Huge Cyberattack From Russia
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Fusion42 · 21 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
Shell, General Electric, and other major energy firms were hit by a large cyberattack exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in PTC’s Windchill and FlexPLM software, leading to significant theft of engineering and project data. The Clop cybercriminal group orchestrated the attack by targeting exposed instances of this widely used product lifecycle management software.
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You must urgently secure and audit shared software platforms like Windchill and FlexPLM within your infrastructure because a single vulnerability now enables attackers to access multiple high-value energy firms simultaneously. This breach exposes an operational dependency risk that demands immediate vendor risk assessment and tighter access controls.
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