Nokour struck with the cybersecurity incident, and temporarily stopped some production

Steelmaker Nucor said on Wednesday that it had been temporarily closed and temporarily closed some production operations as a preventive measure.

The company, which is based in North Carolina, said it has discovered “the arrival of an unauthorized external party to some of the information technology systems” it uses.

NUCOR did not specify production operations that were “temporarily closed” in an organizational file, but said that she is currently working to restore and operate it.

Its facilities are spread in the first place throughout North America.

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“The company is actively investigating the accident with the help of external cybersecurity experts and informed Federal law enforcement authoritiesNokur said in the file of the Securities and Stock Exchange Committee. “With the continued investigation of the accident, the company will continue to monitor the timing of the accident and material materials.”

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NUCOR itself is the “largest producer of the most diverse steel and steel products” in North America. It makes a number of products such as bars, beams, electric canal, beams and clouds, according to its website.