IT failure temporarily shuts down production at Porsche

IT failure temporarily shuts down production at Porsche

Production at the German sports car manufacturer came to a temporary halt due to a major IT failure, Porsche confirmed to Xinhua on Wednesday.

A Porsche spokesperson stressed that an internal problem was the reason for the failure, not an external cyber attack.

A defective data storage unit triggered the problem while software that was supposed to contain the disruption also failed.

The car manufacturing management had already informed all employees worldwide by e-mail about the IT failure on Tuesday.

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