Overload attack (DDoS): Energy and utilities, Switzerland 2025
During the WEF in January 2025, attacks by the pro-Russian group NoName057(16) overloaded websites of cities, cantons and banks.
- Incident · 01.2025 · Schaffhausen SH, Switzerland
- Evidence: several media
- Overload attack (DDoS)
As of
What happened
The website of the Schaffhausen energy supplier SH Power also showed an error message in the morning, but was accessible again before noon. No data is exfiltrated in such DDoS attacks.
- Affected
- SH Power
- Industry
- Energy and utilities
- Loss
- no reliable figure
- Business interruption
- unknown
- Ransom demanded / paid
- unknown / unknown
- Data affected
- unknown
- Bankruptcy
- no
- Entry point
- not stated in the sources
What would cyber insurance have paid?
That depends on the terms. Whether those affected were insured: unknown.
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Loss of income after an attack
Business interruption, only after the waiting period
Mostly covered 7 of 9 business products cover it fully, as an add-on or with limits.
Overview based on public policy terms, as of 06.11.2026. Only your policy and its general terms and conditions (GTC) are binding. No confirmation of cover.
What we can learn
DDoS mainly hits the website; customer services and grid operation should not depend on it.
Sources
- Swiss cities targeted by Russian hackers during WEF (opens in a new window) swissinfo.ch (SDA) · 22.01.2025
- Genf, Schaffhausen und Vevey betroffen: Pro-russische Hackergruppe schlägt erneut zu (opens in a new window) Blick · 2025-01