Schneider Electric reports cyberattack, its third incident in 18 months

Schneider Electric disclosed unauthorized access to an internal project-execution tracking platform; the HellCat ransomware group posted the company on its leak site claiming ~40 GB of JIRA data (projects, issues, plugins and 400,000+ user rows) and demanding payment in Monero to prevent public disclosure. The report highlights the ransom note’s public extortion, references to company leadership, and notes this is the third ransomware-related incident affecting Schneider Electric in the past 18 months.